Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-07-19
DR.. ThLNAGB'SS SERMON.
The Brooklyn Divine breaches at
Waseca, MINI.
Subject of Discourse. "Meeting Our
Friends In Hearrm"

the dnr..; lane OF the poor and puts its
smcthcrins hard on lip and noStrll oil the
wan and wasted, also mounts the palace
stairs, and bending over the pillow blows
into the face OF young Prince the froStS
of main and death. Tears are VINE 10 tne
King ofTerrors Alas for David the King.
He can neither sleep nor cat, and lies pros
trate Oh his face, weeping aud wnlllng until
the palace rings with the cutlery OF woe
what are courtly attendants or victorious
armies Or conquered provinces under Sucn
circumstances? What, to any parent Is all
splendid surrounding when his child Is SICK!
s;cvcn DAYS have passed on There Ill tllaC
great house two eyc!ids are gently closed,
two little hands folded, two little feet quiet,
one heart STILL The servants com, TO bear
the t;,l;n-s to tho King, but they cannot
make M their minds to tell him. and they
stand n: r.,c door Whispering about the mat
ter. and Davii hears them and he looks mp
an.i say, 10 ;ncm: lis the Child dead? 1 eS;
he is dead" David rouses himself
ny washes Himself. puts on new APP
pa-c and sits down 10 food. MhaV
bower husheI that tempest? What
strength was it that lifted up that King whom
grief had ccthronsd: Oh, it WAS the thought
that he woull come again into the possession
of that darling Child. No SravedigSers space
could hide him. The wntry blasts OF death
cou:d not put ont the bright light. There
would be Il forge somewhere that with silver
hammer would weld the broken links. In
CITY where the hoofS of the pale horse never
strike the pavement lie would clasp his lost
treasure. He wipes away the tears from his
eyes, and he clears the choking Srie; from MS
throat and exclainis: II shall so to him.
Was David right or wrong? II we part
on earth will we meet again i'll the next
worlas ':Weil." SAYS some one, that seems
10 be an imposs:biity. Heaven is SO large
a place We never could fiud orr kindred
there Going into some city, without hav-
inS appointed q time and place for meet
Ing. you might wander around for weeks ana
for months, snd perhaps for years, ana never
soc each other: and heaven Is rastcr than all
earthly cities together. and how are You
going to find your departed friend in that
country? 1t is so vast 4 realm. John went
up on one mountain Of inspiration. and he
looked of uron the multitude. aid he Sa;d
.Thousands ct thousands" Then he came
upon greater altitude OF inspiration and he
looked of upon i5sSain, and he sad: en-
Thousand times Ten thousand, And then ne
came on q i!iSue. mount OF inspiration, aEd
looked OF 6 gain and he said: ~ hundred and
forts AND four thousand and thousands OF
thousands And he came Oh Il still greater;
heici:; vi Inspiration, and he looked oil again
ana exclaimed: "A great multitude taat no
man can number"
Now ask. how are you going TO find your
friends in Si,c;i a thronS as that: Is not tAiS
idea we have been entertaining after all 4
faSlty. Is this doctrine of future recoSn;-
ton o. friends in heaven guess, u myth,
w;lim, or is it granite foundation upon
which the soul pierced of all ages may build
glorious hopes Intense question. Every
hear; in this audience throbS right into it,
There is in every soul here the tomb OF Ut
least one dead. Tremendous question: 1t
makes the lip culver, and the cheek hilSh,
and the entire nature thrill. Shall we know
each other there? get letters almost every
month asking ne to discuss this subject.
get letter III bold scholarly hand, on
giit-sdged paper. asking ME to discuss this
question, and say: "Ah, that is a curious
lnan, and he wants curious question solved"
But get another letter. 1t is written with a
trembling hand, and on what seems to be q
torn out leaf of q book, and here and there
is the mark OF tear, and l say: ''Oh, that
is a broken heart, and it wants to be COM
forted."
The object Of this sermon is to take this
theory out of the region Of surnlse and
speculation into the region OF positive GER
tainty. People say: III would be very
pleasant if that doctrine were true. hope
it nlSy be true. Perhaps it is true. wish
it were true But believe that can bring
an accumulation of argument to bear upon
this matter which will prove the doctrine OF
future recognition as plainly rs that there is
any heaven at ali, uYd that the kiss OF re-
union at the celestial gate will be as certain
as the diving kiss as the door OF the sepul-
cher
Now, when you are going to build a ship
you must ret The right kind OF timber. Hou
lay the kce! and make tine framework OF the
very best materials the keelSon, stanchoaS,
plank shear. counter t;mber-knee, transoms,
al: Of solid oak. You may build ship OF
lighter material. but when the cyclone comes
on il will 90 doYn. Now we may have q
great irany beautiful theories about the fu-
Iure world, built out OF Our own fancy, ana
they inay do Tery well rs long rs we have
smooth sailing in the world. but when ths
storms OF sorrow come upon u.s. and the liul-
rcare os death, we will lie swamped-we will
lie founGercd We want a theory built cutof
the solid o., ofGol's erernal Word The doc
trjne of future recognition is not so often pos
itiyely. stated in the Word OF God as Implied,
and :cu know. my friends, that that S,aLter
~. tac strongest mode OF affirmation. Iour
fi';erC. travels i'll foreign lands. lie comes
hone. He DOES not begir by arguing with
vou 10 prove that there are such places as
London and Stockholm aud Paris and Dres-
f,er aud Berlin bnt his conversation implies
it. And so this Bible does not SO positively
state this theory as. all up and down, Its
chapters take it tor granted.
What does ny text imply? II snail 80 70
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to go 20 his child if he would not know him:
Would David have been allowed to record
this anticipation Tor the inspection OK all
ages if it were a groundless anticipation?
we read In the first booi; of the Bible, Abra-
ham died and was gathered to his people.
Jacob died and was gathered to bis people
Moses died and was gathered to his people
What people? Why, their friends, their COM
rades. their old companions. VI course 1t
means that. 1t cannot mean anything
else. So in the very beginning of the Bible
four times that is taken for granted. The
whole New Testament is an ar5or, over
which this doctrine creeps like iuxuriant
vine full of the purple clusters of consolation.
James, john and Peter followed Christ into
the mountain. A light falls from heaven on
that mountain and lifts 1t into the glories of
celestial. Cnrist's garments glow and His
face shines like the sun The door OF heaven
swings open. Two spirits come down and
alicht on that mountain. The disciples look
of them and recognize them as Moses and
Elias Now. il those disciples standing on
the earth coul recognize these two spirits
who. been for years i'll heaven, do you
tell me that we with orr heavenly eyeSisht.
yiIlnot be able to recognize those Who nave
GONE ont from among US only five, ten, twen-
~. thivty years ago:
The Bible indicates over and over again
fiat The angels know each other, and then
the ElDie says thai we are W uS HiSHSt pu"i
the anre.s: and ie the angels have the Dower
osreco:n;iion shall NOT we, who are to be
higher than they in The next realm, have as
good eyssght and SGod capacity w waS
Nisry and Martha when He said, Thy
orotiier snail rise { ;ain:" 1t was as much as
10 say, Don't cry. Don'twear yourself out
with this trouble. You will see Him again.
Th,- brother snail rise again"
The Bible describes heaven as a great
home circle. Well. now, that would be
very queer home circle where the members
did not know each other. The Bible de-
scribes death as n sleep. If we know each
other before we go to sleep shall we not
know each other after we wake up? Oh,
yes We will know each other great dea:
better then than now; for now, says ths
apostle, 1--WE see throug h glass darkly, but
then face to face 1t will lie my purified,
c;thronel and Slorifie body gazing on your
purified. enthroned and giori!ied body.
Now demand, ii you believe the Bible,
1-c,, fot- this thporv Of fItrra rpfOrni-