Smyrna times., 1893-05-17

= -. - - az '0A VI Iu6 grass for til
gr9ss withereth and the flower thereC
1Sueth IIS away" Nor need we stop her
Inc very material universe ia nassir
away, for what is visible is onlv tan
po[ai' and passing away. The beaver
anu anu earth shall pass away, said he tbs
sPoke as never man spake.n Nr
, only 90 the beautiful flowers fade nI
only 40 the trees decay, not onIv 4
Che rivers dry up and the mountain
crumole into dust, but the verv star
IN the star-spangled dome are mas,
ing away; the earth is passing tor
ne uay OF the Lord shall come as
InlGi IN the night, in which the cart
9u"ll pass away with great noise AN,
The eiements shall melt with fervanI
neat" Everything that is visible !,
material, and everything that is mater
ial Is transient, must pass await
dissolution is only question of linz
Ihere may be no annibilation hN,
trI 1mere certainly will be dissolution
Ihereiore, II all things that are seen
are material, and all material thing.
are temporal, no visible thing has a6I %,
permanent value. A temporal thine
can can only have a temporary value
onereiore II we make these the suDrene
oDJecI ana aim of our lives. If thev
pass away, Us they surely will wy
Shail be left destitute and heIDless g.
look not at these things.
IL THE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT
SEEN ARE ETERNAL.
,,:1he Inc second reason given is "tbe
Uh'iS9 thaI are not seen are eternal y
ana winch are not seen because tbev
are llh hmateflaI, and because thew ara
uoI material they are eternal
NOW, what are these unseen tbi,,
that are eternal, and that relaIe Go
much to US? Among them we r,oS,
H%me htnn persons, places, principles.
.,oiS ,ll-OuS persons We may name God
"hSeIs' devils, souls-these all are nm.
seen Ihey are all spirits, they are
eternal they concern US, thew are re.
lt, laled TO us in one way or another
therefore look at these unseen thine
'haV concern us. Among the nIaces
we we might name Heaven and He'll A.
Ihey are the ahoie of spirits thew net
De eternal. We are interested in thon'
because III one or the other yn ebaIi
spend our eternity. Therefore in NIL
ing the object and aim of vour life
nave an eye on these things unseen
YET oI 50 much Importance ia ne
among the principles we may narne
law, truth, Justice, right and I.ve
heSe things govern spirits. gcyern
mem mem elernally, and are equally obIig.
atory upon Us '9
Therefore look at these uusoo,
lhings IN making a choice of object |
ana aim Perhaps I might dwell here
moment and elaborate the statement !
% lar as 1t relates to truth itself
ruin is eternal, is unchangeable--is
same everywhere. 1t is the somo
II ways always has been, al Tavs will he
Now take the simplest truth that Won
'an Ihink OF and apply that statement
o IL. Take that simple statement that
We an learned IN our early school davs
t"lce TWO make four" Ii is a
rum IL always was true-it had no
eEIhhlhg, II viii have no ending. IT.
; true ON earth, is true everywhere
nat Is characteristic of all truth II is
osolutely without beginning aud with
~ e!SuIng. II Is Interchangeable, inde-
.ructlole. = o'l.: We may burn the Bible
II.
A eOlpOrter called on a family o,a :
AGing them destitute of the Word of
o. asked the privilege of prav. t
y WIN them. hich was refused and 8
ieaVing gave the man of the honse
copy OF the Scriptures to read. The {
an LOOK the bible and threw it into 1
ie nre, the Bible agent leaving in dis. S
lst, supposing that his labor of love t
lere mad been failure. The bibIo I
as consumed, as book would he in q
ie names there were, however. some a
a9uents OF leaves not wholly burned &
,. When the wife stirred mn the
e fragment Of one of the Da0es s.
:" out on the hearth, and wonderi11 il
nat things this paper contained sbse Ii
oNeu up Gne fragment and saw this n
aSas9 HeaVen and earth shall pass p
gay." NV pass -
They burned the bible but thew did B
= burn the truth. You NAV burn the it
but you cannot destroy
iacC that twice two make four Il
uth IS eternal, Interchangeable. inde. pl
uctioie, the same everywhere ami til
Ways God and right and truth and l.
q love are eternal, unchanpeahIa nj
Durlng the war an officer. who at th
"a me was total abstinence man ne m
II as member of church, went down De
tue haZoo river, and finding the Gt
ter ala not agree with him was mi
;ed by his fellow officers to drink a ca
10 whlskey. He said, mo: il is of
INST my principles" but thew an wi
cred, We know it's against vonr trl
nclples, but you are not at home we
~ IehnsylVanla, you are down do
. III hlisslsslppi." Then he replied. l '
az Is true, but what is right home ga
pennsylvania is right down here in Wi
sissippi" ' =" the
nat IS right on earth is right in mes
ven. Even IngersOll, the most leg
pnemous infidel of modern times. to
lcnes that doctrine, and tells us if for
re Is future state, what is right tim
Will not be wrong there. What anC
ght here will be right there. and mo
u IS wrong here will be wrong to
g. The transfer of soul from one che
let to another does not chanOe its the
lion to truth. Truth is eternal and our
e are in harmony with it we are are
lght, but it not we are all wrong we
reiore if the things which are seen 500
temporal and soon pass awav. we sha
not wise to make them the supreme tutt
Gu OF our choice, and if the things B
~ are not seen are eternal. thew can
an eternal value, and therefore T. mos
se ior us to make them the object stan
lr choice. 0' mer
the
THE GREATEST AND MOST vALUA. lem
BILE THINGS IN THE UNIVERSE long
ARE UNSEEN. The
q unseen things are the most i'm tbin la,
'nc thlngs. The greatest, the A
important, the most valuable the ,
Is known to us, are the unseen SJVc
3. Things that no mortal eve TI
ever seen. That part which is tell ,
OF any object that we may name. Sno
9 least Important part of that won
W take man for example. We ono
10 body, we see its fine propor. EyVo
Its muscular development-w varo
le physical man. A man has life. thon,
ID, spirit, and is there man who IN Az
question that the life, the mind. IitttI
brit, is not infinitely of more inn hoIdI
nee than the body lisp The BODY von !
q, the life. the mind, the spirit, is asked
ZEN. tLo az az a
IS any body question that the stict
y ~ 70 Vi VaSIiy more Importance Tn;
! ny 20 ,Se sen Inc unseen part of profo
.tL limits ,' Vaiue' Wnlle the seen We il
! =. ve.y niue 1hese mortal seasoI
are not worth much to us for seen