The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-10

<lItA-tN>A- 49, - -
New York Herald
our Savior Jesus Christ, who hath abol-
ishcd death, and hath brought lie ana
immortality to light through the gospel
ii. Timothy, l., 10.
This is an Intense statement Death has
boon abolished, or rather all fear OF death,
by assuring men that their narrow exist
ence on the earth is the beginning rather
than the end OF the souls career. When
the fact OF Immortality IS brought into
radiant prominence all the motives which
govern us in this life are changed by being
ennobled. We are not to work with the
grave In view, but Wit. the knowledge
that heaven liz just below tho horizon.
There is n kind of spiritual lcgerdemain
in such a conviction. We suddenly become
disrobed of our PEASANTS curb and are
clothed In the raifnent OF princes.
When an old and grim Morse chieftain
lay dying the priest asked him., among
otner things, II he could forgive his enc
mics. Hn feebly replied, 81 have no enc
mics / have killed them ALL The holy
father was astounded, and sought an eE.
PLANTATION. The sufferer whispered, II
have killed my enemies by changing them
into friends"
In like manner death han been abolished,
for he r. no longer the grave disgcr OF
the race but the sentinel who stands with
his hand on the door OF another life, ready
TO open It when the summons comes to
But II we close me Bible and seek Tor
cheering arguments elsewhere, they are
not difficult TO find. Science very rever-
emily corroborates the assertions of the
text, and does 1t without hesitation or
mental reservation. 1t ought TO be 80.
and therefore 1t is SO. for II there Is a
Gods world and a Gods Word. the two
may not contradict each other II rightly
interpreted. When science speaks. then
revelation must meets cry amenl Aad
when revelation speaks, science must nod
Sta head IA approval.
In the matter of Immortality the Word
and the world teach the san,e lesson. For
example, Professor Young of Princeton
tells us some startling and suggestive
truths about the solar system, Its duration
and it, probable destiny. There scents to
be no doubt among astronomers that the
sun Is gradually cooling and that It's
shrinkage is about two hundred and hfty
feet each year. Since the diameter OF
that body Is more than eight hundred and
nifty thousand miles this slight shrnkage
seems to be Of no consequence. ~ 10 not
the rate of shrinkage, though, but the
fart ~ shrlnla,e which xye arc 10 aop-
slider; for however slow the process of de-
cay may be. It still remains certain that at
some time in the future the fire In the sun
win go out, and when that event occurs
fhe whole dependent system of worlds
from Mercury TO Neptune viii 20 out with
st.
Professor Young is very conservative In
his estimate of duration, but he says that
81 we can assume the truth Of certain
statements which II would be dinicult TO
deny IL is safe 10 conclude 'that the suns
past history must cover some l5,Oo1,0OO or
20,00o0Oo years. Then turning to- the
future. he adds that at the present rate
OF radiation 1.-The sun must within 60
or 1o0c00Oo years" become so changed
that i'life on tho earth. rs we know life,
would probably BE Impossible
Now we approach the argument In which
we are all Interested. II Is clear that the
present system OF stars ana worlds Is not
an eternai ono. II We larry our imsgiua-
ton backward we reach Mt last q begin
nlng Of things which has no Ineligible
RI n fhtnpA
in stegnatlon, That by some process or
other this end Of things Will result in "a
new heavens and a new earth we can
hardly doubt, hus science has as yet no
word Of explanation"
That a to say. matter. energy can not
be annihilated. The fashion Of them may
be altered, but destruction Is impossible.
The solar system may so 90 pieces, and
certainly will dc so. bus It's constituent
elements will continue ana at Some time
or other viii be gathered together again
a new earth"
Can It be true then. that the physical
world may have q death aud resuIrec-
ton, bur for the spiritual energies OF the
heavens nor new earthi Matter cant
be destroyed, hut mind VIII bel The cIod
Of earth by the roadside Is guarded by
eternal law so lealonsly guarded that
moi an inhering element. however dis
gliiFed, chm suffer extinction 1t may
cease 70 be visit,a and hide itself from
detection, but II exists IN lts entirety and
win In the future find It's place ana CON
tntle.
Is It scientifically logical that All these
subtle powers. aspirations. emotions which
constitute what we call the soul are 40
nearly worthless that they count for moth
ing and may be dispensed with2 In the
spirit oi man the anomaly or the universe
and will II die when all the rest of crea-
ton ruRhes on to a higher level OF ex-
iatencef Has cobblestone or cloud or II
stroke OF lightning so great an advantage
over man? Shall we so into darkness
while everything else goes into light? Can
u be thnt the house IN which We ARE liv-
ing " eternal but the resident who occu-
pies the house is mortaiy
That would hardly seem consistent with
mo divine order or things. The logic OF
the situation allows OF no discrimination
against that nobler form OF energy which
consciously hopes for Immortality while
other. forms which are unconscious shall
pllndiy live forever
Science and revelation are at one ON this
point. They both declare that the SOIL
continues after these few short years are
told, and they announce "a new heavens
and a new earth for man rs ven as mat
ter.