The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-13
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Editor Morning NeVs: My article on
"Life Beyond the Grave" interested a
number of your readers. Some, of course
cannot reconcile the idea of resurrection
and its necessity if the good are in heaven
and the bad are in hell. Where are Moses
Daniel, David, Paul and the rest who are
considered safel Where the great rascals
mentioned in the Biblea Are they all
together, awaiting the resurrection day
spoken about by st. Johnl Hardly each
and every one ia following the bent of his
spiritual nature. The idea of a resurrection
is but the growth of a new thought, a new
idea and a new desire. st. Paul is really
the father of the idea, or at
least, he elaborated the teachings
OF Jesus, who never taught anything be-
yond Judaism as to the law and the pro-
phets. The Jewish people were the only
ones he really came to save. His predio-
tions and his desires were all Jewish. St
Paul builds his whole faith and teachings
upon the resurrection of Jesus and nothing
else; it was but an assumption on his part.
81. Pau, on the contrary, not being
brought up In Jerusalem or in Palestine,
but being a Roman citizen, took a broader
and wider view of things. He repudiated
Judaism in many respects and embraced
the gentle world in the plan of salvation.
and he had some painful ideas about it. He
fully expected to see Jesus in his day, COM
ing from heaven with shout and to be
caught up with him in the clouds. So, Peter,
james and the rest all thought and taught.
They were caught up, but not in the way
they expected. wished OF desired. They
were laboring VITA a thought, an idea, a
desire, and died somewhat disappointed
perhaps.
PARADISE.
When Jesus said to Dysmas, the thief on
his right: This day thou shalt be with me
in paradise" he had reference to a pleasant
and happy place under the ground Para
disc at first meant with the Jews q place
under the earth, where the souls of good
men remained. 1t is a borrowed word
from Persia, and meant in that country a
beautiful parK, place of rest and pleasure
When the idea OF resurrection began to
grow and develop, and man left the ground
in which he was buried, then paradise
meant some place in the skies. Paradise
corresponds to the Elyslan fields of the old
Greeks and Romans, under ground, a
place of reward for the good; place of
perpetual spring, of beautiful groves and
never-failing fountains. But the Christian
religion in time put a new face on to old
ideas and thoughts. A heaven and hell
were taught and created, and rewards and
punishments freely dealt out to the good
and bad. All unorthodox thinkers were
sent 90 hell.
DON'T NEED PRAYERS,
When we leave this, world and take on our
spiritual natures, be they what they NAV,
for death Is not a reformer, a Judge or a
prosecutor, we step into the spiritual world
just as we left this Our spiritual destiny
Is in our own hands, and If our natures
naturally lead to evil we will grow more
evil more devilish or hellish as the case may
be. The angels who sinned and were cast
out from their first estate only grew devilish
IN nature. They were happy at one time
but choosed evil Man when he takes on
his immortality will have free will, free
held. and free action to be what his nature
may prompt him to be. 1t is a waste of
breath to pray for the departed directly or
TO do with the immortal, he
is then beyond any interference
earth can bring to bear upon his immortal
nature. He by his life here must answer
to his true nature there. His real ego, his
real character, his real inclinations. Freed
from earth, freed from all expediencies,
policies, associations, environments, the
hard and exacting necessities of life; freed
from everything but his real true nature,
he will be judged and take his place in the
spiritual world just as he does here. The
good do not associate with the bad here, nor
Will they in the spiritual world. The bad
do not seek the society of the good here, nor
will they seek il in the spiritual world.
In the spiritual world there will be har-
moDy. birds of feather flock together. "
So it will be there. Congeniality Of natures,
harmony of dispositions, unity of thought,
oneness Of feeling. and an altruism so lov-
ing that any place in the spiritual world
can be called heaven, paradise, the celestial
city. Whatever the relations of life be
here, they will be adjusted to suit all par
ties there Inharmonious natures will
never come together; all will be JOY and
peace with those who want It, and those
who seek evil will find as much as they
want.
There is no halfway house TO the spiritual
world; the trip is made as soon as the soul Is
resurrected from the dead body. The flesh
and bones are buried, but the soul is in the
spiritual world to remain. The work shows
the workman. The work done is the effect
OF the character of the artisan. That char
aoter Is the cause of its perfection or imper-
lection. Work and character correspond
as effect corresponds with cause.
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CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER has been elected
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