The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-02-09
WHAT WE'LL DO IN HEAVEN.
South Carolina Clergymen Define
the Joys of Paradise.
[From the New York World

in heaven" Following are some OF
them:
Bishop Howe (EpiscopaD-Eeaven
begins here on earth, and is confiued
after death endlessly, because God is
infinite. Eternal life, or heaven, is
progression in the knowledge
OF God, aud of His love in Jesus Christ,
always growing but never grown.
The delight which comes from the
study of natures laws only another
name of Gods will-gives a faint
of the delight of knowing
God in the world to come.
Bishop Stevens Reformed Episcopal)
From my study of the New Tesia-
ment l am led to believe that at the
second coming of Christ the then dead
in Christ will be raised from the dead
G. e. soul and body immorialized
shall be reunited), and the living in
Christ will "be changed in the twink
ling OF an eye" ii. e., their mortal
bodies shall be immortalized). These
"shall reign with Christ one thousand
years" The details of this reign are
not gwen, and therefore none may
dogmatize. But think those redeemed
of Christ will be employed in teaching,
ruling and Furnishing the nations of the
earth, from among whom many will be
notably the Jews. At the
close of this reign the crest of the
dead" shall live again; the fiual judg-
ment will take place, the saved being
with God and the unsaved banished
from him. of course into darkness and
despair. Revelation is again silent as
to details, and no man knoweth more.
Mgr. Quigley (CathOlic)-In heaven
the righteous enjoy the presence OF
Jesus Christ, of the blessed Virgin
Mary, of the augels and saints. The
righteous possess Immortality and in
corruplibllity, All entire exemption
from all ills of body and mind, from
sickness, old age and death, from
hunger, thirst, heat and cold; from
fear or sadness; from ignorance and
error. They will enjoy good of every
spiritual and corporeal.
They will be endowed with the four
properties of the glorious body
impassabiIty, subtility, agility
and clarity. AS the suns rays pen
citrate glass without breaking it, and
in an instant goes from one end of the
world to the other, carrying with ii
light everywhere, SO the body of the
righteous in heaven. This body will
be invulnerable; it will penetrate all
other bodies without resistance. As
thought travels, SO it will traverse
from the highest heavens TO the depths
of the earth in an instant. 1t will SHINE
incomparably more brightly than the
sun.
Bishop Northrop (Catholic) The
apostles have placed at the end of the
creed heaven or eternal life as the
crown OF our faith, as the complement
of the works of God and of the teach
ings of our Lord. What is this ever
lasting life2 We cannot define or
describe it fully, because this life will
consist above all in the possession OF
God, who is infinite, Incompatible.
But we may affirm with certainty thai
heaven is a place or state of happiness
where we will see God, where we will
love God, where we will possess Goo
eternally. Thus the increasing vision
of God-God loved with an eterna
love, God possessed in an unendins
joy, Is the essential happiness o.
heaven.
The Rev. r. d. Smart (Southerr
Methodist church)-l believe HEAVIER
to be both place and state. AS,
place it has location, but as to wher,
in space it is situated we have no in
formation, and l have no opinion
whatever. AS to it being a state,
believe first of all that it is state O
exquisite Joy and happiness. alst
believe heaven to be state of rest
not in a sense that implies stagnatior
or inactivity. On the contrary,
believe there will be intense activity
both of intellect and of soul; but il
heaven activity itself will be rest anC
excitement calm.
The Rev. r. w: Lide (Baptist)- j.
All we know of heaven, its occupant,
and occupations we learn from the
sacred scriptures. AS to the character
of its occupants the Bible teaching i.
plain and abundant, but we are no
told explicitly what their occupation
will be. The Scriptures state in genera
terms that the state and service of the
redeemed shall be joyous and happy.
And this is all that is necessary Of
important for us 10 know. In ouI
finite. earthly state we could no
comprehend the height and length
and breadth of the blessedness of the
redeemed, but we know that 1t passetl
knowledge.
DIR. G. r. Bracket presbyterian
We are assured that heaven will b,
q state of rest from sin, suffering, ant
wearisome, drudging toll, a state O
ceaseless activity, where we shall worl
without fatigue and need no other res
than that which results from a chang,
of employment. The glorious mar
upon the throne is the type of what W,
shall be in respect to holiness O
character and perfection OF manhood
We shall have fellowship with ou
incarnate Lord and with the saints an,
. angels. The diversity of character
gifts and rank will be as great as it j
Oh the earth. The most despised her
the most exalted there. We shal
learn without study, and knowledg,
will be intuitive. Our knowledge. a
far as it extends, will have the char
acter of absolute certainty and com
pleteness. We may be teachers a
we'll as learners. We may compar,
experiences, and reproduce thes
earthly scenes of care and toll ant
suffering; and each biography wi
disclose new manifestations of tn
manifold wisdom of God" Thus tn
joy OF each may be the joy of all. Tn
family, the state and the church havin!
served their purpose of divine revela
ton, instruction and discipline, viii
pass away, and our incarnate God wi
be the only father, king and husban,
in that social state where all earthl
relations will be blended, and wher
all will be brothers and sisters il
Christ. We shall look for our littl
children in heaven, who will hav
their appointed sphere of knowledg
and activity:
The Rev. E. g. l.. Browne Gun
ariaD)-The state of the righteou
after death will depend on the degre
OF their righteousness, and the motive
OF their disembodied, spiritual life wi
be the same as previous to their disem
bodiment. Some will be extremely idle
because this has ever been heavenlines
to them. Those whose activity in thei
embodied lite consisted only in wavln
fans will wave palms. Some will b
intensiveiy active, and feel as they eve
have, that life is opportunity. Som
will exercise an extended beuevolenc,
and keep on "spinning a multitude
threads OF mercy, on purpose to cate
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