Telegram-herald., 1890-07-14

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With asarg and M.1FtLa when he said, ~Thy
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a. u SAY. Dat cFg. ben't Near yo1g-
selves oes wita this trogb.e- Yea VIII 50
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The Bitls describes heaven As a great
home circle. Wei. nov. that would bs a
very quesr home csrcls where the uemhers
did Lot know each other The Bible de-
scrlbes death IS . sleep. II We know each
ether before We 80 70 sleep shall We not
know e2ch otker afleg se wake aps Oa.
YES. We viii know eSeh ether great deal
better then than n0w; tor now, SAYS the
apostle. I'VE see through glass dzrkly.
snt then lace 10 fl.ce It viii be ay pari-
fed, enthroned and glorihed body gazing
ca your purified, enthroned and glor.hed
body
Now demand. II you believs the Bible,
that YOU take this theory Of fataTe reoog-
milton ont Of the realm ot speculation and
sarmise into the regioa OF positive certain
ty, and no more keep saying, II hope il is
50, have an idea IL is so, guess il is 30"
Be able 20 say, with al the concentrated
energy Of body, mind and soul, II know 1t
is So"
There are in addition 60 these Bible ar
guments other reasons why accept this
theory In the ilrst place because the re-
lection Of IL implies the entire obliteration
&C our memory. Can il be possible that we
shall forget forever those with W hose walk,
look manner we have been 20 long familiaIg
VIII death come, and with sharp. keen
blade hew away this faculty CT memory
Abraham sad - Dives, son, remember" +"
II the exiled and the lost remember viii
not the eutarOnei rememberi
VICTOR BESIDE VICTOR.
You know very well that our joy In any
circumstance is augmented by the compan-
ionship OF our friends We cannot see d
picture with lees than four eyes or hear .
song with less taGn four ears. We want
some one beside us with whom 10 exchanges
glaaces and syinpathies, and l suppose the
Joy Of heaven * 70 be augmented by the
fact that we are TO have our friends with US
when there rise before Us the thrones OF
the blessed, and when there suryes up in
our ears the jubilatc OF the saved Heaven
il not a contraction; il is an expansion. IL
| know You here | will know you better
there. Here l see you with only two eyes,
bat there the soul shall have a million
eyes. Ii will be Immortality gazing on
Immortality, ransomcd spirit in colloquy
with ransomed spirit, victor beside victor
When John Evans, the Scotch minister,
was seated in his study his wife came in
and said 20 him, MY dear. do you think
we will know each other in he2yen" He
turned to her and said, My dear, do you
think we will be bigger fools in heaven
than we are bereT"
Again l accept this doctrine Of future
recognition because tho world ; expectancy
afirms it. II all lands and ages this the
ory is received. What form Of religion
planted it? No form of religion, for it is
received under al forms of religion. Then,
l argue, a sentiment, a feeling, an antici-
patton, universally planted, must have
been God implanted, and if God implanted
it is rightfuliy implanted. Socrates writes;
"Who would not part with a great deal 10
purchase a meeting with OTpheus and
Homer? If it be true that this is to be the
consequence of death could even he able
TO die often"
Among the Danes, when master dies
his servant sometimes slays himself thai
he may serve the master in the future
world Cicero, living before Cbrist's com
ing, said: 'Oh, glorious day when | shall
retire from this low and sordid scene 10
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parted spirits, and not only with the one
lave just now mentioned, but with my
dear Cato, the bes: OF sons and most faith
fGl OF men. If seemed to bear his death
with fortitude it was by no means that I
did not most seasibly feel the loss | had
sustained. 1t was because was supported
by the consoling reflection that we could
not long be separated"
ALL BELIEVE 1T.
The Norwegian believes it, The Indian
believes it. The Greenlander believes it.
The Swiss believes it. The Turk believes it.
Under every sky, by every river. in every
zone, the theory is adopted. and 50 ! say a
principle universally implanted must be
God implanted, and hence Il right belief.
The argument is irresistible.
Again / adopt this theory because there
are features of moral temperament and
features Of the soul that viii distinguish
us forever. How do we know each other
in this world? Is it merely by the color Of
the eye, or the length of the hair, or the
facial proportionsy Oh, no. II is by the
disposition as well, by natural affinity.
using the word in the very best sense and
not "a the bad sense; and IL in Che dust our
body should perish and lie thero forever,
and there should be no resurrection, still
the soul has enough features and the dis
position has enough features to make US
distingUishable / can understand how in
sickness man will become 50 deliricus
that he viii not know his own friends; but
viii We be blasted with such insuiIerable
idiocy that, standing beside our best friends
for ell eternity, we will never guess who
they are?
Again think that one reason why we
ought 20 accept this doctrine is because we
never in this world have an opportunity TO
give thanks to these 20 whom we are spir-
itually indebted The jog Of heaven, we
are told. is to be inaagsrated BY a review
Of life's work These Christian men and
women who have been toiling for Christ,
have they seen the fun result oi sheir work.
Oh, no.
In the church at Sornerville, y. J., John
Vredenbargh preached for great many
years Ee felt that his ministry was fail
are, although be vas faithful minister.
preaching the pospel eli the time He died
and died amid disceursgements and went
home 70 God for nc one ever dOu bted that
John Vredenburgh was good Christian
minister 4 iittle while after his death
there came great awakening ia Somer-
vile. and one Sabbath TWO hundred souls
s0oa uP at the Cnr1srIsn aTar es1'oazr-sg
the cause q Christ. among them m7 ogR
fsther ard mother And what vas pecu-
las ia regard 70 nearly al Il those two
hundred souls was that they dated th-ir
reli sio-ss impressions from the raj ip-z,Ty 4