Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-18
SHALL WE MEET AGAIN?
-alMACE ANSWERS THE CUES
TON AFFlRMATIVELY.

The bible Gives Many Assurances Thai
We VIII know Our Friends in Heaven
rhey Ar. Waiting 10. Us on ,hn Other
Side
The Rev. DR.. Talmage preached TO an
enormous outdoor gathering III Waseca,
Mimi. on S%nnday. july, ID. His subject
was. "Meatin@ our Friends in Heaven. The
rminca. .irHgvalan took for his text II,
Samuel Nh. y: Il shah go to !im." His
serlaon va, T. follows:
rAetr is Il v@sy sick child in the abode Of
Dayid HI" King. Disease. whieh stalks Up
smotlcrin~ hand upon lip and noslril of thc
wan and wasted. also mounts the palace
stairs, and bending over the pillow blows
i@to the face OF u young prince The frosts OF
pain and death. Tears arc Wine to the King
II ~ferrors. Ala lor David tho King! He
can neither sleep nur ear. and lies PROSTATE
an his face, weeping and wailjne until .he
palscn rings With til" cutlery OF woe.
Wb&t are courtly attendants or victorious
armies OF conquered provinces und2r such
circumstances: Wha. 10 any parent l. all
| e%l sltiil surrounding when his child issiek:
seven days have passed on. Thee in ihat
| great house two oveliGs are gnH.iv closed,
| Two littlc hands lolaed. Two little feet pl!int.
ore hca:t still. The servants come 10 bear
Tie tidiMgs 10 the Hing. but they cannot
make up their minds to tell him. and tlcy
sts.Oyi nj the door Whispering about the
matter, and David hears :hem am i, looks
up and says to tEem: is the c!Ald aeuu:"
"Ies. he is dead" David rousc5 himself
up. washes himself. puts on new apparel,
and sits down 10 food. What power mlsned
That tempest: What strength was ii that
ljtled up that King whom sricG had de-
throned? Oh. ii Wa the thought That he
would come again into the possession of
that darling child. Nograve digycr's spade
could hide him. The wintry blasts of
Death could not put ont the brigh. light.
There would be Il forge somewhere that,
With silver hammer, would weld tho broken
links. In the city where the hoois 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 ex-
claims: Il shall go To him."
Was David right or wrong? If we part
on earth will we meet again in the next
world? We'll. says some one, that seems
to be an imposibility. Heaven is So large
4 place we never could find our kindred
there" Going into some city, without hay
ing appointed Il time and place for meeting,
You might wander around for weeks and for
months. and perhaps for years, and never
see each Other: and heaven is vastcr than
all earthly cities together. and how are YOU
going to lind your departed friend in that
country? IT is 50 vast Il realm. John went
~ ~ 'i'N ''f''''i'ttiii " lilSplIilllOl, ana He
Looked OIL upon the multitude and he said,
Thousands of thousands" Then he came
upo Il greater altitude of inspiration. and
looked off upon it again and he said. Ten
thousand times ten thousand" And then
he came on Il higher mount of inspiration.
and looked off again and he said, a hun
dred and forty and four thousand and thou
sands of thousands" And he came on a
still greater height of inspiration, and He
looked OFT again and exclaimed, Il great
multitude that no man can number"
Now | ask, now are YOU going to find YOUR
friends in such Il throng as that? Is not
TINS idea we have been entertaining after
all a falsitv? Is this doctrine of future re-
cognition of friends in Heaven a guess, Il
myth, a whIm, or is it Il granite foundation
upon which the soul pierced OF all ages may
build a glorious hope? Intense question,
Every heart in this audience throbs right
INTO 1t. There isincvery soul herethetomb
of at least one dead. Tremendous question,
1t makes the lipluiver, and the check flush,
and the entire nature thrill. Shall we know
each otherthere? get letters almost every
month asking me to discuss this subject. I
get Il letter in a bold, scholarly hand, on
gllt-cdgc paper, asking NC TO discuss this
question, and say, All. that is a curious
man, and he wants Il curiouA question
solved" But ] get another lcAter. 1t is
written with a trembling hand. on what
seems to be a torn out le"f If t6 book. and
here and there is the mark OF y ,h.a. and [
say: %o ,a.t that HS.n is 9 broken 41(''' and it
The object Of this sermon is TO take this
theory out of the region of surmise and
speculation into the region Of positive Ger
tiiintv. People say: 1T would be very
pleasant ii that doctrine we're true. hope
II may be true, Perhaps il is true. ! wish
1t We're true" But | believe that | can
bring an accumulation o~!argumrnts to bear
upon this matter which will prove the doc
trlne OF future recognition as plainly us
that there is any heaven at all, and that the
kiss of reunion at the celestial gate will be
as certain as the dying kiss ut the door of
the Sepulchcr,
You must get the right kind of timber. You
lay The keel and make the framework of the
very pest materials, the kcelSon. stanch-
IONS, plank shear. counter timber knee.
lransoms all OF solid oak. You may build a
ship of lighter material, but when lin" ,.y-
may have a great many beautiful theories
about the future world blnlt out OF our own
fancy, and they may do very well rs long
as we have smooth sailing in the world;
put when the storms of sorrow come upon
US and the hurricane of death we will be
swamped-we will be foundered. We want
atheory built out of solid oak of Gods eter-
H;ll Word. The doctrine of future rccogni-
non Is not so often positively stated in the
WORD OF God as implied, and you know.
~ hi'hNH. tiiit tllHl Is, after all, the
strongest mode OF affirmation. Your friend
travel in foreign lands. He comes home.
nc does not begin by arguing with You that
,hefe are such places as London and Stock
nom ana Paris and Dresden and Berlin,
put MS conversation implies it. And 50
thls Blble does not SO positively state his
theory as. all up and down, It's chartcrs
Take 1t for granted.
what does my my text imply? Il shall
60 to him" What consolation would it be
to David to go to his child if he would not
Know him? Would David have been al
lowed to record this anticipation for the
inspection OF all ages if il We're Il groundless
ANTICIPATION? We read in the first book of
me bible, Abraham died and was gathered
TO ms people. jacob died and Was gathered
10 ms people. Moses died and was gathered
70 ms people. What people? Why, their
lrle.us. their comrades, their old COM
pal!ohs. vi course it means that. 1t can-
not mean anything else. SO in the very
beginning OF the Bible four times that is
taken Tor grantee. The whole New Testl-
ment is an arbor Over which this doctrine
cIeeps like Il luXuri!nt vine full of the par
PIE clusters Of consolation. james, John
ana Peter followed Christ into the mountain.
a ilgnt falls from heaven on that mountain
ana ll1ls 1t into the glories of the celestial.
Chrlst's garments glow and His face shines
IKE inc sun. The door Of heaven swings
open. Iwo spirits cone down and alight
on that mountain. The disciples look at
1nem ana recognize thcm as Moses and
Illas. Now u those disciples standing on