The Wahpeton times., 1890-07-24

uhoeF Ill lorme Of renglon. linen,
ton, universally planted. must have beer
God.implanted. and II God-implanted, it il
nghtfully implanted. Socrates writes
Who would not part with great deal to
purchase meeting with Orphsus and
Homer? II it bs true that this Is to be the
conesquence Of death, l could even be able
master dies q servant sometimes stabs him.
self that he may serve his master in the
future world. Cicero, living before Christ's
coming. said, "Oh glorious day whom shall
retire from, this low and sordid scene, to as.
sociate with the divine asssmblage of depart.
ed spirits, and not only with the one have
Just now mentioned. but with my dear Cato,
the best Of sons and most faithful OF men.
II seemed to bear his death with fortituds,
1t was by no means that did not most sen.
sibly feel the loss I had substained. Il was
because was supported by the consoling
reflection that we could not long be sepera.
ted: TED The Norwegian believes it; The In
The Swiss believes it. The Turk believes it.
Under every sky, by every river, in every
zone, the theory is adopted; and so aay q
principle universally implanted must be God.
implanted, and hence right belief The argu-
ment il irresistible
Again: 1adopt this theory because there
are textures OF moral temperament and
features OF the soul that will distinguish
us forever How do We know each other in
this world? ls it merely by the eye, or the
length Of the hair, or the facial proportions?
Oh, no. 1t is by the disposition as we'll,
by natural affinity, using the word in the
| very best sense: and if in the dust our body
should perish and lie there forever, and there
should be no resurrection, still the soul has
| enough features to make Us dstinguishable
can understand how in sickness a man will
become SO delirious that he will not know
his own friends but will we be- blasted with
such insufferabs idiocy, that, standing be-
side our best friends for oil eternity, We will
never guess who they are?
Again: I think that ono reason why we
ought to accept the doctrine is because We
never in this world have an opportunity to
give thanks to those to whom we are spirit
ually indebted. The joy OF heaven, we arc
told, is to be inaugurated by review oflife's
work. These Christian men and women
seen the full result of their works? Oh, no.
In the church ut Somervllle, N. j., John
Vredcnburgh preached Tor good many
years. He felt that his ministry was q fnil.
ure, and others felt so, although lie was a
faithful minister preaching the Gospel oil
the time. He died, and died amid discour.
agements, and went home to God; for
no one ever doubted that John
!redenburgh was good Christian minister
A little after his death there came n great
awakening in Somerville. and ore Sabbath
200 souls stood up ut the Christian altar es-
pousing the cause of Christ, among them my
own father and mother. And what was pc.
souls was that they dated their religious i'm.
pressions from the ministry of John Wren.
denburgh. Will that good Christian man be.
| lore the throne of God never meet those souls
brought to Christ through his instrumetali
ty? Oh, of course he will know them.
remember one Sabbath afternoon. borne
down with q sense OF my sins and knowing
not God, took up Doddridge's "Rise and
Progress" Oh, whata dark afternoon it
was and read the chapters, and read tho
prayers, and tried to make the prayers my
own: Oh, must see Philip Doddridge. A
glorious old book he wrote. 1t ls out OF
fashion now.
There is mother before the throne OF God.
You say her JOY is full. Is it? You say there
there be? Her son was q wanderer and q
vagnbond on the earth when that good
mother died. He broke her old heart. She
died leaving him in the wilderness of sin
She is before the throne of God now. Years
pass and that son repents of his crimes and
Christian and dies and enters the gates ol
heaven. You tell me that that mothers JOY
cannot be augmented. Let them confront
each other. The son and the mot tler. ooh, :"
she says to the angels OF God, rejoice with
me! The dead is alive again, and the lost is
found. Hallclujah! l never expected to see
this lost one come back"
The Bible says nations are to be born in a
day. When China comes to God will it not
know DR.. Abee? When India comes will it
not know DR., John Scudder? When the In
dians come to God will they not know David
Brainard?
Isee soul entering heaven ut last, with
covered face at the idea that it has done so
little for Christ, and feeling borne down with
no right to be here" 4 voice from throne
says, "Oh, you forget that Sunday-school
class you invited to Christ! I was one oi
them" And another voice says, You for
get that poor man to whom you gave loui
of bread. was that man." And another
says, You forget that sick one to whom you
gave medicine for the body and the soul.
was that one.' And then Christ, from q
throne overtopping all the rest, will say
"Inasmuch Us ye did it to one of the least o
these. you did it to me-" And then the
seraphs will take ther harps from the side OF
the throne and cry, what song shall it be?"
And Christ, bending. over the harpers,
shall sny, "It shall be the Harvest Home"
One more reason why l am disposed to &c.
cept this doctrine of the future recognition
is that so many in their last hour on earth
havo confirmed this theory. speak not o!
persons who have been delirious in their Inst
moment and knew not what they were about
out Of persons who died in calmness and
placldity, and who we're not naturally su.
perstitious Often the glories Of heaven
have struck the dying pillow, and the de
parting man has said he saw and heard
those who had gone away from him. How
o:ten it is in the dying moments parents Sc,
their departed children and children see Their
departed parents! l came down to the
banks Of the Mohawk river. 1t was evening
and wanted to go over the river, and so
waved my hat and shouted, and after
awhile saw some one waving on the op
posite bank, and heard him shout, and the
boat came across, nnd Igot in and was trans.
ported: And 80 l suppose it will be in the
river OF death and give signal to our friends
on the other shore. and'they will give a signal
back to US, and our departed kindred and
the oarsmen, the fires OF the setting day
tingeing the tops OF the paddles.
oh, have you never sat by such deathbed?
in that hour you hear the departing soul cry,
looked. A little child pining away because
OF the death of its mother, getting weaker
and weaker every day, was taken into the
room where hung the picture of her mother
She seemed to enjoy looking at it, and then
she was taken away, and after while died.
In the last moment that wan and wasted
lighted up with the glory of the next world,
and cried out, "Motherl' You tell mo she
did not see her mother? She did. So in my
first settlement at Belleville a plain man
said to me, What do you think Iheard last
night? was in the room where ono of my
neighbors was dying. He was good man
and he said he heard the angels Of God sing.
| ing before the throne. haven't much poet.
ry about me, but listened and heard them
to-" Said l, Il have no doubt of it," Why.