The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-03-01
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1 .Hcayy,,. Was the subject that va
aiscuss4j by Mr.. Mood, yesterday u ~
sermon, !. ceu-en,ion hail, ard he an
Iuouuccd .tst the .Gi.j-c. frr this SITTER
soun would 10 tt,r d;tcr'inrs How to Gs
/ There
| Mr.. Hood has very t.tait. ideas abou
heaven. To him i, i. got any metsph,s
lical distractions, hui a reality, a cit
much AZ Washington, New York or Phil
! .de,ph;a ara ci,ies, and the inhabitant
are az real az those VIC meet upon tn
streets about us ercrv day. He does 10
+, ATTEMPT to definitely locate it, but say
! that there is warrant in holy writ in be
ileving that it is not far enough off t.
need telephone for communication. Ano
finally he says that if the people of ths
world would spend more time in storing
up treasures there than in clipping
coupons down below, there would be moro
OF fhem VINO Wcuiu "I''i"Hio', nav
chance to claim the seats that are wait
ing for the elect within the gates.
There is no use, the speaker said, in
accommodating corner lots en- this planet
when six feet eff earth is all that the best
ef us will need at the end, and The man who
dies "rorth 10000, 900" and bns not sent
his order ahead for mansion in heaven
is really no better off than pauper,
for there is no pocket in the shroud.
A good many people, Mr. Moody said,
thought that heaven was all speculation
and uncertainty. He liked to think of it
as reality, and if the people who we're
in this hazy state of mind RS to the place.
that they hoped to go hereafter, they had
better read little about it in their bibles
where they would find that it was very
definitely described. "And what is more
natural" he continued. ethan that we
should want to know Of heaven. We are
not here on earth forever. A few weeks
and some Of US will be gone; few
months and many of us will be gone, and
few years and all Of US will be gone.
We know that without any argument"
"And looking at the question in this
practical light why should you not study
up your destination? Suppose yon were
going to emigrate to an unknown country
Would you not be reading up all the
books you could get and going to hear all
Of the lectures that bore on the su5jcctf
Now we are going to another world. We
know it, and can ne spend too much time
in reading up about it in the only book
that gives anything like an idea of ity'
"Of course many will go to quoting that
old misused scripture phrase, which says,
Eye hath net seen, and ear hath moi
heard, neither hath it entered into the
heart Of man the things that the Lord
hath prepared for those that love H'@,
But as usual,they stop 1T the wrong place.
f9r i. the very next verse does it not say,
God has revealed them to us by His
Spirit, for the Spirit searches out the
deep things, yea, the deep things of God. ,
Does no. that look as though ne had
some warrant for believing that even in
this life we can comprehend sons Of the
glorcs that are awaiting for US beyondf"
NOT KEyoND THE VOICE OF PRAYER.
II do dislikc this dim, indefinite way
people hnve of talking about heaven as
though it were on the other side Or etcr-
nifty, and there Was danger of our getting
lost on the way there. The idea Of
saving that ne shall na7cr sec the Father
face to face, and His glory is too aieat for
lis to bear. What sort of ia:htr or
mother would it be thas+. ruuid lavs their
v VI oome homo from far journey and
never see their face.
81 tell you the city of God is as much q
real city to my mind as the city OF Wash
ington or Philadelphia or New York. Its
distance from hero is not given to us, bnt
have an idea that it is not FIR Oft. 1t is
not 800 far off for prayer to be beard
and answered before the prayer had ar's-
on from his knees. Was not Daniel
answered 'whilo he still prayed, M he
tells us, and the same with scores of 9th
ers in the biL!eg And how many ct you
that are Christians havo not heard the
answer to prayer almost while it was
being uttered?
1T is not 50 far away, but inthe spirit
we can see it, its walls Of jasper and its
gates of pearl, and the golden streets anc
the tree standing by the River OF Lie
But these are not The things that vii
mako it precious III our sight. 1t II
Christ, and the loved ones that are there
Think of it as you do your own homes. |
is not the picture on the walls, nor TIM
flowers, nor the draperies, nor statuary
hat sle loved ones in he home that max
it to YOU what it is. Take those ava.
and it is but an empty sepulchre with al
its other charms
! RECORDED IN THE BOOK OF LIFE.
Mr. Moody said that there were SON
who laughed at the idea of the names
the redeemed being recorded in HEAVIER
as though the Lord kept hooks like a.
ordinary business house, but the spea.ke
said that if the scohers would turn t