The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-06-05
MEETING IN HEAVEN.
Shall wo Know Each Other in the other
World?


Shall wo Know Each Other in the other
World?
From the 81. Louis Post. Dispatch.
Thus while the war of cecds is in pro.
gress, and clergymen of all denomina-
tions are taking part in tho debate, it is
satisfaction to know that there is one
subject upon which all clergynen agree
"a subject that interests the entire hu-
man family-"Shall we know each other
in heaven?" A large number of we'll
known clergymcn have been asked to
give their views on the matter, and a
very interesting symposium is the result.
Each has something to say that is worth
reading.
The Rev. DR.. T. Dewitt Talmage is
one who thoroughly believes that we
shall know each other in heaven, pro-
vided that we have known each other on
earth, and that we are fortunate enough
TO achieve hesven--twu conditions that
are, in good sooth, important. .
'iShall We know our friend in LeavenY
said he, when this question was raised in
his presence the other day; "it Is curl
Gus question, but one that has been often
asked.
"Do you know" continued the famous
preacher in his frank and ready manner,
isthat I have often thought over that
question myself, always to arrive at tn e
same conclusion, that is that we shall
know our friends better in heaven that it
is possible for us to know them here on
earth. Why just think of il" said Dr.
Talmage, "what are we on earth to what
we shall be in heaven, if we are able to
attain it? What are our faculties as we
possess them here on earth to what they
will be in heaven? There can be no
comparison. Here on earth we know
the faces Of our friends. We think we
know their various characters. In most
cases we know only their characteristics.
In heaven we shall know their souls. In
hcaye. we shall have that clearness OF
vision that is not give1 to us on earth
In heaven our vision, believe, will be
so uuickeued that things that we are
unable to comprehend now will be clear
to us. We shall, I firmly hope, be able
to appreciate the beauties of the souls OF
those we know as we cannot n)w.
"In heaven" continued DR.. Talmage
earnestly, II believe that we shall know
our friends in fuller and better sense
than it is possible for us to know them
on earth. There our spirits, our souls,
will meet with full understanding. And
there our souls will meet enlarged and
purified. There we will have knowledge
that is now denied us. There we shall
meet in larger and better sense"
''Then the family meeting will be au
ideal circle ?" the writer suggested.
II should not like to believe other
wise," was the response.
What could be grander than when
husband meets wife, aons and daugh-
ters meet father aud mother, and brother
meets sister in heaven? What meeting
on earth could compare with this? |
can think of nothing greater to he hoped
for or prayed for than that we shoul d
meet our loved ones in that better land.
Meet their purified souls, shorn of all
but the beauty with which the Creator
destined them to be invested, meet them
never to part again, never to suffer, never
to know sorrow or pain, never to doubt
and never to fear. 1t 10 not in our power
to say that this will be so, but it is In our
power to hope and pray and believe that
it will. Such is my prayer my hope and
my belief. I believe that, after our life
on earth is ended, we shall know and
enjoy life indescribable in its beauty aud
peace in heaven, knowing our friends as
we cannot know them DOW.
"Know our friends in heaven," repeat
ed DR.. Talmage in conclusion, 81 Ger
tainly belieye we eshall, and what is more,
I find a wonderful comfort in the belief"
There could be no doubt as to the
earnestncss Of the great Tabernacle pas.
tor as he spoke on this topic.
The Rev. DR.. Robert Meredith, pastor
of the Tompkins Avenue Congregational
Church, Brooklyn, is among the best
known and most eloquent of the many
gifted pulpit orators who have made
BROOKLYN renowned as the City of
Churches. His Sunday.schoul is the
largest in the world. at times he speaks
with deliberate distinctness, but when
moved with the spirit Of his discourse,
the words pour fourth in a perfect torrent
of eloouence. The personal appearance
of the reverend gentleman is imposing.
He is rather above the medium height,
large in figure, and this adds not little
10 his impressiveness as a speaker. lie
wears short side whiskers, and his face,
although rather severe in cast, is not
unkind in expression. In regard to the
question, "Shall we know each other M
beayen?" DR., Mcridith said:
"There can be but one opinion about
it. l do not believe it would be possible
to find anybody who does not believe it.
Continuance of The understanding, mem,
ory and identity, and the age can never
come when, if | have the ability to know,
the ability to remember, and am myself,
and have retained my indentity-.and the
same is true of my wife-the age can
never come when we shall not know
each other just as we'll as we do nov.
81 once had friend in New Jersey
who was an unlettcrcd but an amazingly
shrewd mon. He had q quaint way 0!
saying things, and they were so pat and
forciblc that you would have to smile at
them even in meeting. When he was
dying friend said to him: DO you
think you will know A, i and c. refer
ring to friends who had died within a
year or two, when you get to heaven !?
He turned up his dying face and said :
'Why, do you think [ will be bigger
fool in heaven than lave been on
earth?
"rhc epistles of Paul speak Of friends
being crowned and rejoicing together on
the great day. Whole sections OF the
writings OF Paul imply that he expect
ed that this would be his crowning glory.
Then there is the old Hebrew expression
of being gathered to his father which
expresses the same thought"
RcyivalisL Dwight l.. Mnody, who is,
perhaps, one Of the closest Bible students
in the country, believes that wu shall
know each other in heaven.
EYES," he said, II firmly believe that
We shall know each other in heaven.
When the mists shall have rolled away
believe that VIC shall know each other q
deal better than we do here. We shall
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