Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-11-05
HERE AND IN HEAVEN.
REV. DR.. TALMAGE ON LIFE HERE
AND HEREAFTER.

The Woes of Time and the joys of Eter-
nity-A Glimpse of Life In the Heavenly
City-ConsoIatIon of the Truth Of Rove
lation.
BROOKLYN, Nov. 4.-Rev DIR. Tai
mage, who is now nearing the close Of
his globe circling tour and will shortly
reach American shores, has selected as
the subject of today's sermon through
tho press "Victory Over Pain, " the text
thosen being Revelation xxi, 4, "Nei-
iher shall there be any more pain.
The first question that you ask when
about to change your residence to any
city is: "What is the health Of the
place? Is it shaken of terrible disorders?
What are the bills of mortality? What
Is tho death rate? How high rises the
thermometer And am 1 not reasonable
il asking, What are the sanitary condi-
tions of the heavenly city into which
we all hopo to move? My text answers
it by saying, Neither shall there be
any more pain"
No Pain In Heaven.
First, remark, there will be no pain
of disappointment in heaven. If could
pat the picture of what you anticipated
of life when you began it beside the
picture of what you have realized, l
would find q great difference. You
have stumbled upon great disappoint-
ments. Perhaps you expected riches
and you have worked hard enough
to gain them; you have planned and
worried and persisted until your hands
were worn, and your brain was racked,
and your heart tainted, and at the end
of this long strife with misfortune you
find that if you have not been positive
ly defeated it has been a drawn battle.
1t is still tug aud tussle, this year los
ing what you gained last, financial un-
certainties, pulling down faster than
you build. For perhaps 20 or 30 years
you have been running your craft
straight into the teeth of the wind.
Perhaps you have had domestic dis
appointment. Your children, upon whose
education you lavighed your hard earn
ed dollars have not turned out as ex-
pected. Notwithstanding all your ooun-
sells and prayers and painstaking, they
will not do right. Many good father
has had bad boy. Absalom trod on
Davids heart That mother never
imagined all this as 20 or 30 years ago
she sat by that child's cradle.
Your life has been chapter Of disap-
pointments. But come with me, and
will show you a different scene. By
Gods grace entering the other city, you
will never again have blasted hope.
The most jubilant of expectations will
not reach the realization Coming to
the top of one hill of joy, there will be
other heights rising up in the vision.
This song Of transport will but lift you
to higher anthems, the sweetest choral
but a prelude to more tremendous har-
mony, all things better than you had
anticipated-the robe richer, the crown
brighter, the temple grander, the throng
mightier.
Further, remark, there will be no
pain of WEAKNESS. 1t may be many
hours since you quit work, but many
of you are unrested, some from over
work, and some from dullness of trade,
the latter more exhausting than the for
mer. Your ankles ache, your spirits
flag, you want rest. Are these wheels
always TO turn, these shuttles to fly,
these axes to hew, these shovels to
delve, these pens to fly, these books to
be posted, these goods TO be soldl
No Work and No Poverty.
All the gisat holiday approaches. No
moro curse of taslfmakers. No more
stopping until the back aches No more
calculation until the brain is bewildered
No more pain. No more carpentry, for
the mansions are all built. No more
masonry, for the walls are all reared
No more diamond cutting, for the gems
are all set No more gold beating, for
the crowns are all completed. No more
agriculture, for the haryests are sponta-
neOus
Further, there will be no more pain
Of poverty IL IL hard thing 10 BIO real,
ly poor 10 have your coat wear out and
no money 10 got another 10 have youl
-four barrel empty and nothing 70 bu,
bread with for your ohildreni 10 live u
an unhealthy row aud no means Z
change your habitationi % have you
child sick with some mysterious diseas'
aud not bo able % SECURE eminent lnod
ioal ability % have son or daughter be
gin tho world and you not have any
thing ~ help ihem IA starting, WIN
mind capable " research aud high oon
compilation 10 be perpetually h2ed o
questions u mere livelihood
P0ois ny 10 throw romance abon
ihe poor maus ooi bat thore u no .,
lnanoo about if Poverty n hard ofue
unrolonting bpt Lazarus walked a
without his rags and his Diseases, ail
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