Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-11


that we shall have everything that is
good for us, and 1 believe a reunion with
those whom we have held dear on earth
will be among the good things He has
prepared for US. Moses and Elias had
been gone from 1000 to 1900 years when
they appeared to the diciples Peter
James and John on the Mount of Trans
figuration, and yet the latter knew them
at once. Abraham had an experience
almost similar.
"Eye hath not seen, nor hath ear
heard of the glories Of the heavenly
kingdom. If it were discovered what
these glories consist OF, think we would
all be homesick, to get there; that is, of
course, provided We could understand
them.
SIT IS cHRIsT's PROMISE, SAYS THE
REV. JOSEPH COOK.
In reply to the question, the Rev.
Joseph Cook of Boston sand;
Eyes, most decidedly. ehIlt's words
to the thief, this day shalt thou be with
me in Paradise, seem to promise that.
for il Is presumable from that lam
guage that the abandoned thief would
know his Savior, of course, and
We have reason TO believe that the
principal is of general application. One
of these is the parable of Dives and Lag
arus, who knew each other, although
they were in different states of being af-
ter death. Then the whole application
of the New Testament is that we are
surrounded by great cloud of witnesses,
even in this world, and that we are to be
received, IL saved, into the company of
just men made perfect. The entire rev.
citation of the state of the saved is that
of the inhabitants of the city of gold, the
New Jerusalem. The question almost
answers ITSELF 'Will the citizens of
'tffe New Jerusalem know each other or
-p0t?'
81 believe heaven Is both a state and
place, state of the soul and the local
ity. We know very little of it in the
latter respect, but as state of soul it
implies dellverance from the love and
the sin of it. The first text that
usually comes to my mind when 1 think
of it is Father l will those Thou hast
given me. be with me where I am, that
they may behold the glory that l had
with Thee before the world was. Perfect
similarity of feeling with God and its
consequences are heaven so far as the
bIHLe OIL LuD SOUL represents
Gas heaven is a locality, of course
the language 1-the Scriptures is figura-
tive. but figures mean something. am
accustomed to taking the representations
of the.Se Testament in this matter as
covering great realities. -
:, IT WOULD NOT BE HEAVEN.
The eminent Unitarian preacher, the
Rev. Robert Collyer, D. D.. in reply to
the question, said:
"I cannot tell, but evide&tly Jesus
believed it. It would not be very much
of heaven for me, if 1 could not find
my children there whom +; have loved
here on EARTH. All our hearts are so
locked together that it would be ter
rible thought, indeed, if we were to be-
lieve that we should never meet again
beyond.the grave those whom We have
loved and cherished here
Mgr. Thomas J Ducey, pastor of st.
Leo IS Roman Catholic church, SAID:
"There is nothing to prevent a Cath
Ollie from believing that he will be united
with his friends aud relatives i'll heaven.
A number of the fathers have written
works on the subject. st. Thomas main
tains that we shall know our own in
heaven, and the church very generally
accepts that belief.
ga very charming story was told me
by gentleman at q seaside circle last
summer. He said he read the story, but
1 think il was original with him. The
story was that two men had gone up to
the golden gates and applied to Peter for
admission. One of the men had been
prosperous on earth, the other not so
well off. The first of these, in reply to
Peter, said he wanted to go to heaven;
that he wanted all good things that the
heart could desire and that he had been
used to having on earth. Peter told him
TO turn to the right and he would get
everything he asked for. The man went
in. In 1000 years he returned and said
he was tired of it and wanted to get out.
He thought he had been in only a few
minutes.
Z" Did you not get everything the
heart wished for? asked Peter.
"t'Yes, but am tired of heaven and
want to get out.
"'well, returned Peter, that is net
heaven; that was hell where you
were. -
"'The other man had caught just
glimpse of the holiness of God through a
niche in the wall, and he became chained
to the spot for 1000 years, although he
had no idea that so many years had
elapsed.
'There is not much use to speculate
upon the subject as to what heaven is
like. 1t is very generally taught by the
church that heaven is place where, in
the full enjoyment of the beatific vision
of God, every pure yearning Of the heart
will find its frnition, and the intellect of
man its perfect illumination.
ALL WILL BE CLEAR.
The Rev. Chaplain C. C. McCabe, TIE
great missionary worker of the Methodist
church, expressed hinselfses follows:
81 thoroughly believe that we shall
known each other in heaven, cannot
that we shall know less there
than we know knowShere, and such be
ing the case, do not understand why
we should not retain the'power to recog-
nize friends there whom we have met on
this earth. believe that we shall not
only know and commune with those
whom we have seen here, but that we
shall know those whom we have not seen;
just as Peter knew Elijah on the Mount of
TRANSFORMATION and recognized Moses,
although he had never SEEM either of |
them.
The Rev. Drls G. h. Houghton, the |
rector of the Little Church |