The Penn's Grove record., 1896-12-11
DR. TALME1E
The Eminent Divine's Sunday
Discourse.
subiecti "occup4tIon tner Death.

Ttxr: .Now il came 10 pass 10 the thlraein.
wear, in the fourth month, in the nun gay y
the month. ~ [ was among the cattive- oy
the liver Of Cle5lr, that the heavens were
openei. "-Ezsktel T.. l.
Ezekiel, with Others. had been expaif,-
atei, and while ia foreign slavery, stsna.
ing on the banks OF the royal cAnai WINS,
hi and other serbs mad been condemne
to dig by the order OF Nebucha ineszar-
this royal canal in the text called tne n,Nef
OF Chebar-the illastrious exile ma
visions OF heaven. Indeed II "a aimost ~.
ways so-that the brightest visions OF
heaven come NOT 10 those who sre on
mountain top of prosperity, but 10 some
John on d~esolate Patmos, or TO some Paul
in Msmertine dungeon. or to some Esektes
standing on the banks OF q ditch ne naa
been compelled to dig-yea, TO the weary, %
the heartbroken, to those whom sorrow has
banished. The text Is very particular 20
give US the exact time OF the vision. i vas
in the thirteenth year and IN tne IouIsn
month and in the ffth day OF the month
So YOU had visions OF earth you shall never
forget. You remember the year, you rsmern-
Der the month, you remember b day, you
remember the hour. Why may We not have
some such vision now and It be In ths
twelfth meath and in sixth day o. fne
month?
The question is often silently asked, though
perhaps never audibly propounded,. "Mnnf
are our departed Christian friends uoitE
now?'' The question is more easily answered
thar you might perhaps suppose. Though
there has come no recent intelligence rom
the heavenly city, and we seem dependent
upop tho story of eighteen centuries ago.
still [ think we ma from strongest inference
decide what are the present occupations OF
our transferred kinsfolk. After Hod nes
made a natnre he never eradicates the chset
characteristic OF It's temperament. You never
knew a man phlegmatic in temperament to
become sanguine In temperament.
Won neyer knew q man SAM
guine in temperament to become phlesma-
tic in temperament. Conversion plants new
PRINCIPLES In the soul, but Paul and John are
fnst as different from each other aftar con-
version as they were different from each
other before conversion. II conversion does
NOT eradicate the prominent cnarncterielcs
OF Temperament, neither will death eradicate
them. Paul and John are as diferent Tom
each other in heaven as they were dfNNoreut
from each other in Asia Minor.
You have, then, only BY a sum ~ SUD
traction and a sum in addition 70 deide
what are the e~mployments OF your departed
friends in the better world. You are 70
aubtract from them all earthly g~rQ2aness
and add all earthly goodness, and f1sn You
are to come to the conclusion that they arc
doing now In heaven what In their best
moment they did on earth. Tbs reason
why so many people never start for heaven
Is because the, could not stand 1t Il they
got there II it should turn out 70 be ths
rigid aud formal place some people photo.
graph 1t. We like to come 20 chuEcb, but
we would not want to stay here nH next
summer. We like to hear the AHaiieluiah
Chorus but We would not want TO hear
II all the time for iifty centuries. 1t might
be on some great occasion It would be posi-
bly, comfortable to wear a cfown o. gold
weighing several pounds, but II would 20 ~
afiiction to wear such a crown forever. la
other words, weruuthe descriptions Of heays1
Into the ground while we make that which
intended as special and AceiebrHtive to
be the exclusive employment II heaven. fou
might as well, IL asked to describe the ha0lts
of American society. describe q Dissertation
Day or a Fourth OF July. or an
Thanksgiving, as though II wege all tbs tlms
shat way.
l am not going to speeulatei In regard to
the future world but l must by inevitable
laws of inference and deduction and common
sense, conclude that in heay5a We VIII -
just az different from each otbsr as We ars
now different, and hence fhattbers will b. At
least as many different employmeufs in the
celestial world as there are 7~mpleynlents
here. Christ is to be thegresti love, the great
joy, the great rapture, the great worship Of
heaven, but will that abolish s~mpioyInsnisf
NO more than love on nissl.
fraternai, eonlugai Consciousness easfhiT
occupation
In the first place. l remark that Az tncss
OF our departed christian Trends Voc g
earth iouhd great Joy intne hhs hrt5 arsnoN
Induiging their tastes IN the 1sIne dtreeficn-
On earth they bad tneir gia1asst pleasures
amid pictures and statnary 2 ~ me hsu1y
OF the laws OF light and snaee q psfsPec-
tive. Have you auy Idea fhat tnat amAsnes
OF faculty az death collapsed srd p97isaeaf
why e, @nen sasfs = "A -
a. anu tney naye keener ApprsgsAsloh g tne
beautiful aud they stand aaaid the vazy tooIs
where the sunsets and the rsin6ows and the
spring mornings are woyeu1 Are ycu p %
fuse as to suppose, besause rue painter drcos
nus easel the sculptor ms cnisel npu t9s
engraVer mis- Kniie, tnat tnsreiors fnsf tasxs
wnicn ne was eniarging ana intensi!ytAx tos
I0rty or MY wears - eatiEeiy o5hte<Aseif
Inese artists, or These friends o. ast on easfn
worked IN coarse material ana WIN t1apeEs
iect Dratn ana with ran mana. ~ my
have carried their art into larger liberties
And INTO WIDER cirthmierelce. taey are A.
their Ola business YET = wifnom me
iaugues, without the Emitallons. Wixnopf
me ninnrances o. the terrestrial s+adiQs
hspnaei could improve upon ~ maetefs
piece oi "Micnaei Inc Arenaneer noW tn1z
he has seen him, and could improve apon
bis masterpieces OF the "Holy Trinity" now
he has visited them. Michael Anxe3o
could better present the Last Judgroeukn
after he had seen its fash and beard sshs
rumbling battering rams OF its thunders TX
colors here. graceful lines heir, pow
ertu' chiaroseuro mere, ou l am persuaded
.nat tne Rranuer studies no tne oxi5lte
saheries are aiener W, ~ tne NilaIAE M4r-
pie s,aiIs OF tns sepnicher. saHt faraex
ana nolman huns ana HemnrsnatA 2 1itian
serohnse, II tney easfoi454azssinx
ana IN the ohrist whom tney Per<ray94
npon me canvas, are painting ", y <rp!r
strength OF faculty multiplied Ten snogzan1=
Ioia'
Lemare again fnat su 2 q9pa<<ea
irlends VINO IN TINS MQr11 Mexs
iond OF music ers salt f9k23lng
mar taste intne world celestial. The aipfe
'aysso mucn out me music % ne4yen l14s
cannon BY De hgurativs. why ntt tht1 tH1k
ABOUT halleiulahs and choirs on the 8ias9 q
rumpeis q narps ornforlo1 rz4 Or
sansf Ine btoie over q oyeraSsfn sfesks
the songs OF heaven. 7 esavcn ~ 20
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