Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-07-31

DR.. Talmage, who lecturea at Waseca,
hinn., on Sunday last, preached to an
enormous outdoor gathering His Sub ect
was, "Meeting our friends in heaven" The
eminent clergyman took for his text IT. Sam
IL: %. ~ shall 60 to him. His sermon
was as follows:
There is very sick child in the abode Of
David the king: Disease, which stalks up
the dark lane OF the poor and puts its smOth-
ering hand on the lip and nostril OF the wan
and wasted, also mounts the palace-stairs
face OF young prince the frosts Of pain and
death. Tears are wine to the King OF Ter
r rors; Alas Iin for David the king He can
rings with the outcry OF woe.
.r what are conrtiy attendants, or victorious
splendid surrounding when his child is sick 7
great house, two eyclids are gently closed.
two little hands folded. two little feet quiet,
one heart still. The servants come to bear
up their minds to tell him, and they stand nd at
the door whispering about the matter, and
the ehd de up ana he
dead" David rouses himself up. washes
himself hi g puts s on new apparel and Sits down
king whom grief had dethronedi Oh it
was the thought that he would come again
into the possession of that darling child.
No grave-digger's spade could hide him.
The Mintry blasts Of death could not put out
somewhere that with silver hammer would
weld the broken links. In a city where the
hoofs OF the pale horse never strike the pave
wipes away the tears from his eyes, and he
clears the choking grief from his throat
and exclafms, =" l shall go to him.
Was David right or wrong! II we part on
.Well.."' says some one, :" that seems to be an
impossibility; Heaven is SO large a place we
into some city, without having appointed q
time, and place for meeting, you might
wander around for weeks and for months
ana perhaps for years. and never see each
other; and heaven is vaster than all earthly
cities together, and how are you going to
hG fren nh, N that country
upon TIC multitude; and he said, "Thous-
greater altitude of inspiration and looked
OF uron 1t again. and he said, Ten thous-
IN snd times INES ten thousand" And then he came
forty and four thousand and thousands OF
t tn,ls. And he came on still greater
that no man can number" Now ask how
throns as thats Is tbs doctrne OF i future
recognition OF friends in heaven a guess. a
myth, whfnl. or Is 1t u granitic foundation
build a glorious hope? Intense question !!
Every heart In this audience throbs right
into IT, There Is in every soul here the tomb
OF at least one dead.
Tremendous question! IT makes the lip
culver, and the cheek flush. and the entire
nature thrill: Shall we know each other
there? l get letters almost every month
asking me to discuss this subject. l get II
letter in q bold scholarly hand. on gilt-edged
paper asking me to discuss this question: and
I An hat tc "a H.
wants curious question solved" But get
another letter. It is written with tremb-
ling hand, and on what seems to be torn
broken heart and it wants to be comforted."
set OF hs er@n = to take this
taMty. People say. "It would be very
It may be true. Perhaps it is true. wish
1t were true" But believe that can bring
an accumulation OF argument to bear upon
this matter which will prove the doctrine OF
future recognition as plainly as that there
| Is any heaven at all, and that the kiss of
reunion At ne celestial ia, gate vii! be as Ger
sepulchre.
, You must get the right kind Of timber. You
very best materials. the keelson, stanchions,
plank shear. counter-timber-knee transoms,
all OF solid oak. You may build a ship OF
|
on. it will go down. Now we may have. a
great many beautiful theories about the
future world. built out Of our own fancy,
and they may do very well as long as we
have smooth sailing in the world; but when
the storms of sorrow come upon MS, and the
hurricane Of death, we will he swamped--we
will be foundered. We want theory built
out Of the solid oak of Gods ete,nM Word.
The doctrine of future recognition is not so
often positively stated In the Word Of God
as implied, and you know, my friends that
that is. after all. the strongest mode of
affirmation. Your friend travels in foreign
| Dy arguing with you to prove that there are
such places as London and Stockholm and
aa and Berlin but his
not SO positively state this theory as all up
and down its chapters. take it for granted.
him.s wv WHAT consoiatiSn would anti It Sc e to to
David to go to his child II he did not know
him? Would David have been allowed to
ali ages II it were a groundless anticipation
We read in the first book OF the Bible, Abra-
ham died and was gathered to his people
Moses died and was gathered to his people
their oIa c companions OF
else. So in the very beginning Of the Bibiee
four times that is taken for granted. The
whole New Testament Is an arbOr over which
this doctrine creeps like a luxuriant vine
James, John. and Peter followed Christ Into
that mountain and lifts it into the glories OF
the celestial. Christ's garments glow and
His face shines like the sun. The door OF
heaven swings open. Two spirits come down
and alight on that mountain. The disciples
Moses and Elias. Now, II those disciples
standing on the earth could recognize these
two spirits who had been for years In heaven
do you tell me that we, with our heavenly
eyesight, will not be able to recognize those
who have gone out from among US only five
ten, twenty, thirty years ago?
The Bible indicates, over and over again
| that the angels know each other; and ther
the Bible says that we. are to be higher thar
the angels, and IL the angels have the power
! OF recognition. shall not we, who are to b,
higher than they IN the next realm. have al
good eyesisht and as good capacity? What
Mary and Martha. when He said: Thy bro
saw. sDon't CIV Don't wear yonrseive e az on y
with this trouble You will see him again
"Thy brother shall rise again." The Bibl
describes heaven as a great home circle
Well. now, that would be d very queer hom,
circle where the would not know each ot her
| The Bible describes death as a Slcen. II w,