The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-07-16

ment and features Of the soul that will
distinguish us forever. How do we
know each other in this world? Is 1t
merely by the color Of the eye, or the
length of the hair, or the facial proper
tionsai o, no. 1t is by the disposition
as we'll, by natural affinity, using the
word in the very best sense and not In
the bad sense; and II in the dust our
body should perish and lie there for
ever, and there should be no resurrec-
tion, still the soul has enough features
and the disposition has enough features
to make us distinguishable. can un-
derstand how in sickness man will be-
come 80 delirious that he will not know
his own friends but will we be blasted
with such insufferable idiocy, that,
standing beside our best friends for all
eternity, we will never guess who they
are?
Again: think that one reason why
we ought to accept this doctrine is be-
cause we never in this world have an
opportunity to give thanks to those to
whom we are spiritually indebted. The
Joy Of Heaven, we are told, is to be in
augurated by q review of life's work.
These Christian men and women who
have been toiling for Christ, have they
seen the full result Of their work? o,
no. In the church at Somerville, N. j.,
John Vredenburgh preached for great
many years. He felt that his ministry
was failure, and others felt SO, although
he was faithful minister, preaching
the gospel all the time. He died, and
died amid discouragements, and went
home to God, for no one ever daubted that
John Vredenbu rgh was a good Chris
tian minister. A little VIII lie after
his death there came a great awaken
ing in Somerville, and one Sabbath
200 souls stood up at the Christian altar
espousing the cause Of Christ, among
them nay own father and mother. And
what was peculiar in regard to nearly
all Of those 200 souls was that they
dated their religious impressions from
the ministry OF John Vredenburgh.
Will that good Christian man before the
throne Of God never meet those souls
brought to Christ thr ough his instru-
mentality? O, Of course he will know
them. remember one Sabbath after
noon, borne down with sense OF my
sins and knowing not God, took up
Doddridge's "Rise and Progress" o,
what q dark afternoon It was, and l
read the chapters, and read the prayers,
and l tried to make the prayers my own.
o, must see Philip Doddridge. A
glorious old book he wrote! II is out Of
fashion now.
There is mother before the throne
Of God. You say her Joy is full. Is IL?
You say there can be augmentation OF
1t. Can not there be? Her son was a
wanderer and 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 his crimes and gives
his heart to God and becomes a useful
Christian, and dies and enters the gates
OF Heaven. You tell me that that moth
er's Joy can not bo aug mented. Let
them confront each other. The son and
the mother. 30" she says to the angels
Of God, "rejoice with me! The dead Is
alive again, and the lost is foundl
Hallelujahl l never expected TO see
this lost one came back"
The Bible says nations are 10 be born
in day. When China comes TO God
will II not know DR.. A beelp When
India comes will 1t not know DIR. John
Scudder? When tho Indians come TO
God will they not know David Brainard?
/ see soul entering He aven at last,
with covered face at the idea that II has
done 80 little for Christ, and feeling
borne down with unworthiness, and IL
says TO itself, ~ have no right to be
here" A voice from q throne says 20,
you forgot that Sunday school class you
invited 10 Christi was one OF them"
And another voice says, "You forgot
that poor man 10 whom you gave loaf
OF bread, and told Of the heavenly bread
! was that man." And another says,
"You forgot that sick one to whom you
gave medicine for the body and the soul.
! was that one." And then Christ, from
a'throne overtopping all tho rest will
say, "1nasmuch as ye did II to one Of
the least Of these, you did It TO me-"
And then the seraphs will take their
harps from the side OF the throne and
cry, t'What song shall It boz" And
Christ bending over the harpers, shall
say, 'Itshall be the Harvest Homei"
One more reason why am disposed
TO accept this doctrine OF the future
recognition Is that SO many in their last
hour on earth have confirmed this the
ory. l speak not Of persons who have
been delirious in their last moment and
knew not what they were about, but Of
persons who died in calmness and pla-
cidity, and who were not naturally su-
perstitious Often the glories OF Heaven
have struck the dying pillow, and the
man has said he saw and
heard those who had gone away
from him. How often IL Is in
the dying moments parents soc
their departed children and chill
dren sec their departed parental I
came down to the banks OF the Mohawk
River. 1t was evening and wanted TO
60 over the river, and so waved my
hat and shouted, and after awhile saw
someone waving on the opposite bank
and / heard him shout and the boat
came across, and | got in and was trans
ported. And So suppose IL win be in
the evening Of our life. We will como
down to the river Of death and give
signal TO our friends on tho other shore,
and thev will rive a signal hack to ma