The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-23

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and Berlin, but his conversation in
plies it. And so this Bible does nt
so positively state this theory as, a
up and down it's chapters, it take
it for granted. What does my tie!
imply? 4 shall go to him" What COZ
ISOLATION would it be to David to go
his child if he would not know hin
The Bible indicates, over and owe
again, that the angels know each otI
er; and then the Bible says that W
are to be higher than the angels, an
if the angels have the power of rec
ognition, shall not we, who are to b
| higher than they in the next realm
| have as good eyesight and as goo
capacity? What did Christ NEAR
in his conversation with Mary am
Martha, when he said, "Thy broth
er shall rise again?" It was as mucl
as to say, Don't cry. Don't wea
yourself out with this trouble. Yo1
Will see him again. Thy brothe
shall rise again" The Bible de
scribes heaven as a great home circle
Well, now, that would be Yer,
queer home circle where the mem
bers did not know each other. Th.
Bible describes death as sleep. [
we know each other before we 80 tx
sleep, shall we know each other aftel
we wake up2 Oh, yes. We vii
know each other q great deal better
then than now, "for now," says The
apostle, 1--WE see through a glas:
darkly, but then face to face" 1
will be my purified, enthroned, and
glorifed body gazing on your pu1lh
ed, enthroned, and gloriied body.
Now, I demand, if you believe the
Bible, that you take this theory o1
future recognition out ofthe realm ot
speculation and surmise into the re-
gion of positive certainty, and nc
more keep saying, Il hope it is so; !
have an idea it is so; I guess it is so.
Be able to say, with all the cencen:
trated energy of body, mind and
soul, II know it is so"
There are, in addition to these Bi,
bic arguments, other reasons why ]
accept this theory. In the first
place, because the rejection of it i'm
plies the entire obiteratien of our
mem ory. Can it bepossible that we
shall forget forever those with whose
walk, look, manner we have been so
long familiar? VIII death come and
with sharp keen blade hew away
this faculty of memory? Abraham
said to Dives, ';Son, remember" II
the excited and lost remember, Will
not the enthroned remembers.
Again: I accept the doctrine OF
future recognition because the worlds
expectancy affrms it. In all lands
and ages this theory is received.
What form of religion planted it?
No form of religion, for it is received
under all forms Of religion. Then,
I argue, a sentiment, feeling, an
anticipation, universally planted,
must have been God-implanted, and
if God-implanted, it is rightfully i'm
planted. Socrates writes: ''Who
would not part with great deal to
purchase meeting with Orpheus and
Homer? Fit be true that this is to
be the consequence Of death, I could
even be able to die often" Among
the Danes, when a master dies his
servant sometimes stabs himself that
he may serve his master in the future
world. Cicero, living before Christ's
coming, said: 20 glorious day when
I shall retire from this low and sor-
did scene, to associate with the di-
vine assemblage of departed spirits,
and not only with the one Ihave just
now mentioned, but my dear Cato,
the best of sons and most faithful OF
men. If seemed to bear his death
with fortitude, it was by no means
that I did not most sensibly feel the
loss I had sustained. It. was because
I was supported by the consoling re-
hection that we could not long be
separated" The Norwegian believes
it. The Indian believes it. The
Greenlander beie-es it. The Swiss
believes it. The Turk believes it. I'm
der every sky, by every river, in every
zone, the theory is adopted; and so |
say a prin ciple universally implanted
must be God-i1nplanted, and hence a
right belief. The argument IS ire
sistible.
Again: T adopt this theory be-
cause there are features Of mora,
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 disposition as well as by
natural affinity, using the word in the
very best sense and not in the bad
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 and
the disposition has enough features
to make US dstinguishable. [ can
understand how in sickness man
will become so delmious that he will
notknow hisown friends but will we be
blasted with such insuferable idiocy
that, standing beside our friends fol
all eternity, we will never guess who
they are?
There is another before the throne
of God. You say her JOY is full. Is
it? You say there can be no aug
mentation of it. Cannot there be:
Her son was a wanderer and q vaga
bond on the earth when that gooc
mother died. He broke her ole
heart. She died leaving him IN tht
wilderness of sin. She is before tht
throne Of God now. Years pass ant
that son repents of his crimes an(
gives his heart to God and become
| useful Christian, and dies and en-
ters the gates Of heaven. You tel
me that that mothers Joy canrot b.