The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21

been taught to think of eternity, but for the
present time. The whole sweep of the
worlds thought has been toward the grave.
Jesus met the full flood of this awful
thought, and declared it all wrong, that the
kingdom of heaven is at hand. And if you
will carefully read the words of Jesus
mind you. not what Paul or Peter or James
or John said, but just the words of Jesus
himself-it will surprise you TO see how
clear be made himself upon that point
''rhe accounts of the longevity of the an
clients are not myths-and were it not for
the continual preaching that heaven is after
death we, too. would not only live for Gen.
turtles. but would be still young at the age
OF hundreds OF yesrs-ani | am ready to
prove through historical data and statistics
that as the preaching of heaven after death
has increased the duration of human life has
decreased, and that the setting up of heaven
as place after death will finally depOpulate
the world unless overthrown.
"Wh5ever believes and seeks heaven after
death disbelieves in heaven here and cannot
be aroused to tile duty of this worlds re-
formation. Whoever believes In heaven
after death becomes gradually inca acitated
TO exercise his faculties In behalf of godly
conditions here. and finally accepts the con-
ditiOns OF ungodliness here as natural and
in accordance with the laws of God-while
the contrary circumstance Is the fact; for
IL God and heaven were accepted here and
were not put off until after death the sin
that causes death would be abolished and
the death would cease as the immortality
of God and heaven became accepted here.
And Just as the heaven is accepted here,
so will the life and the blessedness here In.
crease. until in fthe fullness of the accept
ance the fullness Of life and bessedness is
attained. When the whole world believes
in life as the whole world now believes in
death Immortality will be here, and, there
fore, just as our religion Of heaven here on
earth spreads and increases its number of
believers, so will the years OF hun IN life in
crease and so will the ungodly conditions
that destroy life decrease, for the unfold
ment of this religion is the development of
heaven on earth. That is our faith, and to
bring the world to apprehend 1t and grow in
love for each other and for God is our mis-
sion.
I'VE are here for few days to arrange
for place in the programme Of the parla-
ment of religions. and | want to tell you the
happiness 1t gives me to be here. New
York City! 1t Is my birthplace, but it is
the city of millionaires, cockroaches and
snobs! 1t is the most I'M American city |
of society and fashion that wouldn't be
tolerated In a European city. Women
everywhere with dogs in their arms and
thousands of little children starving 1t does
ore good to come 10 Chicago and see and
meet the fresh JOYOUS faced people and walk
and ride upon your broad long-stretching
streets. have been in many cities, but of
them all l admire Chicago most. We shall
90 back TO California as soon as we arrange
with the auxiliary, but shall return soon
and establish headquarters here. for we be-
lieve Chicago to be the metropolis and GEN.
ter OF the Western hemisphere"