Telegram-herald., 1890-07-14
RECOGNITION IL HEAVEN
oa TALNAcE SAYS iT 5 As syas As
HEAVEN ITSELF.

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ossa Aiz 80 U.sseA. sztnz--Has lae.
81 "a. 1sxi1 - e~Eas-2 Great Hess
Circle.
WAszcA. MinE-, Jaly 1s-The Rev Dr.
TzllnAzs, Who lectuTsa here yesterday.
Dr~aehsl & aa saorzl04s cat door xatLss-
Ing here today HIS suDgeet w@s. AsetiBg
Our Fsieads Ia Heagcn The eminent
cleFsymsn took for Ais text II samuel xii,
= Il sail - % hHn- HIS sermon .4s
- Ecl,9ss
These i = very sick child In the abode Of
David tie king Dizs=se. which stalks up
the aark lane Of tas poor AID pets is
smoshsring hand On hp and nostrii Of the
wan ard wasted, also mounts tie palace
stairs. aud bending over the pillow blo1s
into the face OF young prince tlse fEosrs
OF pain a-ld dezsA. Tears are vine 70 rhe
King q ferTOrs- Alas tOr David the king
lie caa neiJASg sleep Ior eat. aud lies pres
tr4te Oa LIS facs, veeping end walliRg az
III the patAce rings With the outcry Of wee.
Whas are eourtly attendants or victori-
Gus armies or conquered provinces undoG
such eireurnstsneess What. 70 any parent,
Is al splendid surrounding hen his child
Is sick Seven days have passed on. There
IN that great house two syslids are gently
closed, two little hands folded, two little
feet quist, one heart still The servants
come 70 bear the tidiass 70 the king, bat
they cannot make up their ninds TO tell
him, and they stand sc the door whisper
Ing about tie matter, ana David hears
them and be looks up and says 20 them,
'ls the ehild deads'' Yes: be is dead.
David rouses himself up, washes himself.
pats or new apparel, and sits dOwa to food.
What power husaed that tempest, What
strength was IL that lifted up that king
whom grief had dethronedi Oh, il was
the thought that he would come again
into the possession OF that darling clild.
No gravediggsr's spGde could hide him.
The winlry blasts OF death could not put
out tho bright light. There would be a
forge somewhere that with silver hammer
would weld the broken links In a city
where the hoOfs or the pale horse never
strike the pavement be would clasp his
lost treasure. Ho wipes away the tears
from his eyes, and he clears the choking
grief from his throat aud exclaims: Il
shall 90 70 him"
SHALL We MEET AGAINl
Was David right or wrong II we part
on earth will we meet again in the next
worldY We'll" says some one; that
seems to be an impossibiiity. Heaven is
so large place we never could find our
kindred there" GoiEg into some city,
without having appointed 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 vaster than al earthly cities together,
and how are you going 10 find your de-
parted friend in that country 1t is 50
vast u realm. John went up on one noun
tain of inspiration, and he looked OF upon
the multitude, and he said: Thousands
OF thousands" Then he came upon a
greater altitude of inspiration and looked
OF upon il again and he said: Ten thou
] sand times ten thousand" And then he
! came on "a higher mount of inspiration
and looked of again and he said: "A
hundred and forty and four thousand
and thousands OF thousands" And he
came on stils greater height Of inspira-
ton, and he looked OFF again and ex-
/ claimed: "a great multitude that no man
can number"
Now l ask. how are you going to find
/ your friends in such thrOng as that? Is
not this idea we have been entertaining
after al falsity2 Is this doctrine of
| future recognition of friends in heaven q
| guess, a myth. whim, or IS it n Sranitic
foundation upon which the soul pierced Of
! all ages may build a glorious hope? In
| tense question. Every heart in this audi
ence throbs right into it. There is in
| every soul here the tomb of at least one
| dead. Tremendous question. It makes
/ the lip quiver, and the cheek flash, and
/ the entire nature thrill. Shall we know
! each other there? | get letters almost
every month asking me to discuss this
subject. get letter In bold, scholarly
hand, on gilt edged paper, asking me TO
discuss this question, and say, "Ah, that
/ Is a curious man, and be wants a curious
1 question solved" But get another letter
/ II is written with trembling hand, and
on what seems TO be torn out leaf of a
| book, and here and theirs Is the mark OF a
tear, and / say: "Oh, that is broken
heart, and It wants to be comforted"
POSITIVE CERTAINTY.
The object OF this sermon is 70 take { his
/ theory out Of the region OF surmise and
\ speculation into the region OF positive
! certainty People say: 1T would be very
+ pleasant II that doctrine were true. [