Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-14
Special 7slegraD to he Register.

ing until the palace rings with the out
cry OF woe.
What are courtly attendants, or vie
tOriOuS armies, or conquered provinces,
under such circumstances? What to
any parent is all splendid surrounding
when his child is sick? Seven days have
passed ON. Then in that great house.
two cyelidS are gently closed. two little
hands folded, two little feet quiet, one
heart still. The servants come To bear
the tidingS to the king, but they cannot
make up their minds to tell him. and
they stand AT the door whispering about
the matter, and David hears them and
he looks up and says TO them, lis the
child dead?' Yes, he is dead David
rouSeS himself up. washes himself,
puts ON new apparel, and sits
down to food. What power huShed that
tempest? What strength was it that
| lifted up that king whom grief had de-
dethroned? Oh, il was the thought that
he would come again into the posses
sion of that darling chSi. No grave
digger'S spade could hide him. The
wintry blasts of death could not put
out the bright light. There would be 4
forge somewhere that with silver ham
Imer would WELD the broken links. In
city where the hoofS of the pale horse
never strike the pavement he would
clasp his lost treasure. He wipes away
| the tears from his eyes, and he clears
| the choking grief from his throat. and
IeXclaimS, Il shall 90 to him
WAS DAVID RIGHT Or WRONG?
/ II We part ON earth will We meet again
/ i'm the next world? .Wcll," says some
/ one, that seems TO be an impoSSiOility.
| Heaven is so large Il place We never
could find our kindred there" Going
into some city. without having appointed
/ a time and place for meeting, you
might wander around for weeks and for
months, and perhaps never see each
other; and heaven Is yaStcr than all
earthly cities together, and how are
YOU going TO find your departed friend in
Z that country. ItiS 50 vast n realm. John
went up ON one mountain OF inSpira-
tion, and he looked off upon the multi
tudc. and hc said, "ThouSandS OF
thousands" Then he came upon
greater altitude of Inspiration, and
looked of upon il again, and
/ he said. Ten thousand times
ten thousand" And then he came on
| higher mount of inspiration, and looked
of again. and lac said, "A hundred aud
forty and four thousand and thousands
of thousands" And he came on Il still
greater height of inspiration, and he
| looked off again and exclaimed: ~
great multitude that no man can num-
/ ber." Now ask, How are you going
| To find your friends in such throng as
/ that? Is not this idea we have been en-
tertainng after all a falSty? Is this
doctrine of future recognition of friends
| i'm heaven guess, myth, whim, or
| is 10 a granite foundation upon which
the soul pierced Of all ages may build a
glorious hope? 4 Intense question!
Every heart i'm this audience throbS
right into it. There is in every soul
here the tomb Of at least one mead.
RECOGNITION IN HEAVEN.
The doctrine of future recognition is
not so often positively stated in the
Word of God as implied, and you know,
my friends that that is, after all, the
strongest mode of affirmation. Your
friend travels in foreign lands He
comes home lie does not begin by
arguing with You to prove that there
are such places as London and Stock
holm and Paris and Dresden and Berlin
but his conversation implies il. And so
this Bible does not 50 positively state
this theory as, all up and down its
chapters, take it for granted. What
does my text imply? 81 shall 90 to
him" What consolation would it be
To David 10 90 10 his child if he would
not know him? Would David have
been allowed % record this anticipation
for the inspection Of all ages if it were
groundlcSS anticipation? We read
i'm the first book Of the Bible, Abraham
died and was gathered to his
people. Jacob died and was
gathered to his people Moses died and
was gathered to his people. What peo-
ple? WIS, their friends, their COM
rades. their old companions. OF course
il means that. 1t cannot mean anything
else. So in the very beginning OF the
Bible four times that is taken Tor
granted The whole New Testament Is
an arbor over which this doctrine
creepS like a luXuriant vine full OF the
purple clusters of consolation. James,
John and Peter followed Christ into the'l
mountain. \ light falls from heaven
on that mountain and lifts II into the
gIorics of the celestial. ChristS gar
mepts glow and His face shines like the
sun. The door Of heaven swings open.
Two spirits come down and alight ON
that mountain. The disciples look at
them and recognize them as Moses and
Elias. Now, if those disciples standing
ON the earth could recognize these two
spirits who had been for years IN
heaven. do you tell me that We with
our heavenly oversight, will not be able
to recognize those who have gone out
from among us only five. ten, twenty
thirty years ago.
THE ANGELS KNOW EACH OTHER.
The Bible indicates. over and over
again. that the angels know each other
and then the Bible says that we are to
be higher than the angels, and II the
angels have power of recognition, snail
not we. who are TO be higher than they
i'm the next realm, have as good eye
sight and as good capacity? What ala
Christ mean, in His conversation with
Mary and Martha, when He said, Thy
brother shall rise again?' 1t was aS
much rs to say, Don't cry. Don't
wear yourselves ont with this trouble.
You will see him again. Thy brother
shall rise again. The Bible describes
heaven aS great home circle. Well,
now. that would be a very queer
home circle where the members
did not know each other.
The Bible describes the death as a
sleep, II we know each other before
we 90 TO sleep, shall we not know each
other after We wake up? oh, yes. We
will know each other great deal bet
ter then than now; for now, says the
apostle, I'VE see through a glass dark
". but then face to face. 1t will be my
puriaed. enthroned. and gloriiied body
gazing on your purified. enthroned and
glorihed body.
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