The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-06-05
Of heaven no longer selfish hope, but
an expression of true and noble good


ness.
~ think tha, heaven is place of &C.
tivity not of rest, activity without weari-
ness of sflliction or fear Of all failure.
That kind OF factivity is the hightestjoy
of every noble split"
The Rev. DR.. Z. Walpole Warren, the
rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity,
is strong believer in happy reunion OF
the friends and relations in the bright
hereafter. He said:
81 have no hesitation in affirming, as
a strong article of my Christian belief
and faith, that the knowledge OF, inter.
course and communion with those we
have known on earth will be part Of the
ioys we shall know in heaven. Bible
knowledge and illustrations, no less than
conclusions and Bible inference and
personal convictions. combine in attest
ing that far wider knowledge and
more exact OF those we knew on earth
will be but part of the eternal blessings
of heaven. l will even so far say that
should we be free from the hindrances OF
the body, so much the more shall we be
able to be one in spirit. My principal
conclusion is drawn from my knowledge
of the interview seen in the flesh on the
Mount of TRANSPORTATION. The tact that
the three apostles knew that ii
was Moses and Elijah talking to Christ
on the Mount exhibits to me prescience
on the part of the apostles of those who
otherwise must have been personally un-
known to them. Among the parallels
there are many passages that seem 10
point in the same direction"
The Rev. DR.. Deems, pastor of the
Church of the Strangers, has no doubt
that ne will meet the many different
members of his flock in brighter land.
He said:
"Iu answering the question as to
whether we shall know each other III
heaven, I feel very much like saying, as
did the Welsh peasant to his wife, who
had asked some what similar question:
DO you think we will be bigger fools
there than we were here"
II have little doubt, however, that We
shall know each each other in heaven.
although it is mere matter Of specula-
tion. We only know that Christ has laid
down a general principle that we shall
have all we need and desire, unless
especially told to the contrary. In the
New Testament his words are: If it were
not 80 would have told you | believe
that the better and more desirable are
the things, the greater is the probability
of their being granted US"
The Rev. DR.. Cornelius Dullie, chap.
lain of Columbia College and rector Of
the Church of st. John the Baptist,
said:
"Undoubtedly I believe that friends
shall know each other in heaven and
even before we reach there. I think we
have the Bible warrant for that. l
preached a sermon on one occasion from
the text of St. Paul: Warning every
man and teaching every man that we
may present every man perfect in Christ
Jesus The apostle is here represented
az addressing those whom he has convert.
ed 10 Christianity. If he is to present
them to receive their everlasting rewards
he must be able to recognize them.
"Then there are the words of David on
the death of his son: / shall 60 to
him. but he shall not return to me-
David could not have derived any com.
fort from this fact that he expected to
meet the child's spirit hereafter, unless
he could recognize it.
"In his epis!le to the Thessalonians,
St. Paul says: Shall be ccauht up to.
gether with them in the loudgs, to meet
the Lord in the air. This would also
seem to promise recognition. Heaven
would not be heaven unless we expect to
meet those who have gone before US, or
whom we leave behind. Our idea of
heaven would be taken from us. do
not think we can ever infer the faintest
idea Of the happiness of heaven. 1t must
be something beyond, something we
canpot conceive or imagine. All the
ideas that we imbibe in childhood of a
place of great magni6cence, or the literal
description in the Book of Revelation,
are, of course, misleading, for it is i'm.
possible to convey in our language ideas
of which we have had no experience, and
they must be accepted as figures of speech.
The descriptions of the glories of heaven
are necessarily derived from imagery, or
what we consider the most magnificent
things Of earth.
"What Heaven is re cannot say, but
it is most probable that it's true happi-
ness will consist in intercommunion with
God, in our resemblance to Him, in
freedom from sin, and in the society OF
all the holy and lovely of earth and of
the angels of heaven"