Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18

know each other after We wake up? Oh.
yes. We will know each other a great deal
apostle. we sec through a glass darkly.
but then face to face" 1t will be my puri-
fled enthroned and ,~ioritlcd body gazing
on your purified, enthroncd and gloritled
body.
Now l demand. il YOU believe the Bible,
that YOU take this theory of future recogni-
! tion ont Of th" realm of speculation and
strmisc into the region of positive certainty,
ana no more keep saying. Il hope it is so: |
have an idea il is so: | guess il is So" BE
able 10 say, with allthe c~onccntratcd energy
oil body. mind and soul. Il know ii is So"
There are in addition TO these Bible argu-
meilts other reasons why | accept this
i theory. In the first place because the re
lection Of it implies the entire obli'cration
OF our mcmor Can it be possible that we
SHALL forgot forever those with whose walk,
look. manncr We have been solong familiar?
Wili d"atl come. and with u sharp, keen
blade llew away this faculty Of memory?
I Abraham said 10 Dives, Son. remember"
not the cnthrcncd remember?
You know very well that oar JOY in any
circumstance is argumcntcd by the com
panionShip of our friends. We cannot see
i; picture with less than four eyes. or heara
song with less than four ears. We want
some one beside us with whom to exchirlgc
chances and sympathics; and | suppose the
JOY of heaven is To be Augmented by the
fact that We are TO have our friends With us
when there rise before US
I The thrones of the blessed. ard when there
slirges up in our ears the jubilate Of the
saved. Heaven is nOta contraction. ii is an
expansion. If know you here | will know
You better there. Here / see you with only
TWO eyes, bit there the soul shall have IA
million eyes. 1t Will he immortaitygaxingo on
immort&lity-ransomed spirit in colloquy
with ransomcd spirit-victor beside victor.
When John Evans, the Scotch minister, was
seated in his study his wife came in and
said TO him. My dear. do You think We
turned and said, My dear, do you think we
will be b. ggerfools in heaven lllan We are
hcrc?"
Again | accept this doctrine of future
recognition because the worlds expectancy
;iiiirms it. In all lands and ages this theory
is received. What form of religion planted
IL: No form of religion. for it is received
undcr all forms of religion. Then. | argue,
Il sentiment. Il feeling. IN anticipation. uni
versa!ly planted. must nave been God i'm
planted, and ii God implanted it is right
fully implanted. Socrates writes, Who
would not part with Il great deal to pur-
chase u meeting with Orpheus and Homer?
Ii it be true that this is to be the conse-
qucnce of death, | could ever be able to die
often"
Among The Danes, when Il master dies his
servant sometimes Stays himself. that he
may serve The master in the future world.
Cicero. living before Christ's coming. said,
on, glorious day when l shall retire from
TINS low and sorGid scene, to ussociatc with
the divine assemblage of departed 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. If
seemed TO bear his death with fortitudc, it
was by no means that | did not most SEN
secausc was supported by the consoling
reflection that we could not long be SEN
arated."
The Norwegian believes it. The Indian
ncilcvcs 1t: The Grecnlandcr believes it.
The Swiss believe it. The Turks believe If.
Under every sky. by every river, in every
zone, the theory is adopted. and so | say Il
prineipie university implanted must be God
Implanted, and hence a right belief. The
argument is irresistible.
Again, L adopt this theory because there
are features of moral temperament and
features of.the soul that will 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
proportions? Oh, no, 1t is by the dispo-
sition as well, by natural affinity. using the
word In the very best sense and not in the
Dad sense; and if in the dust our body
should perish and lie there forever, and
ilcrc should be no resurrection, still the
SOU mas enough features and the DISPOSE
tion mas enough features TO make us dis
tllgulshablc. l. can understand how in
sickness a man will become so delirious
that he Will not Know his own friends: but
VIII we be blasted With such insuilerablc
lldiocy that, standing beside ourh"s, fri",a7
uney nrey
Again, | think that one reason why we
ought 10 accept this 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 are
1 ;r is 10 be inanSurated by a,revicw of
NC work. These Christian men and
women who have been toiling for Christ.
have they seen the full result of their work.
Oh. no.
In the church at Somervillc, N. j., John
Nrcdcnburgh preached for Il great many
years. He felt that his ministry was a fail
ure, although he was a faithful minister.
preaching the gospel all the time. He died,
and died amid discouragements, and went
home to God. for no one ever doubted that
John f~redenburgh was Il good Christian
there came a great awakening in Somer-
vile, and one Sabbath two hundred souls
stood up at the Christian altar espousing
me cause OF Christ, among them my own
father ana mother. And what was peculiar
in regard to nearly all those two hundred
souls WAS that they dated their religious
impressions from the ministry of John
N~redenburgh. Will that good Christian
man before the throne of God never meet
those souls brough; to Christ through his
III WI 'ptISc nc Will
know them. l remember one sabbath af-
tcrnoon, borne down with the sense of nv
sins and Knowing not God. / took up Dodd-
ridges Rise and Progress" Oh, what a
dark afternoon it was, and | read the chap
tiers, and l read the prayers, and | tried TO
make the prayers my own. Oh. must see
Philip Doddridge. \ glorious old book he
wrote. 1t Is out of fashion now.
There is Il mother before the throne of
God. You say her Joy is full. Is it? You
say there can be no augmentation of it.
Cannot there be? Her son was a wunderer
and Il vagabond 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 mis-
crimes and gives his heart to God. and be-
comes Il useful Christian. and dies and en-
tiers the sates of heavcn. You tell me that |
that mothers JOY cannot be urgumentcd.
Let them confront each other. The son and
the mother. oh" she says TO the angels
OF God, rejoice with me. The dead is alive
again and the lost is found. Hallcluinh, RI
n~evereXpecte 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.. Abeel? When India
comes will it not know Dir. John Scuddery
When the Indians come to God will they moi
know David Brainard!
l. see Il soul entering heaven at 1,c+ ,r;.L |