The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-26

tssa hye.s ah1vs- r<ove not the world. love
not sin lore Eos self. bat love sse Lara
shv God with all thy force o. rlnf ara
heart. ard heaven. tfe city 81 1--we. vi %
thine forever Nov. hos are We 20 rove
Gpd@ God = q spirit. We esnncf see Him
We talk ~ His smile. HIS cares. His
heart-rhrcb, Hfz Kiss. bit how poverty
strsek0n these expressions are. They are
rrofesaue attempts on or par 20 measure
irsr.fy with finite rules Jesus came 70
teach us how 20 love God
He saw Our Dffncuity.
He saw how difyezsit Il woGld be all along
the fozsrnsy o. ffe so He cleared the way
IN the words Of the View Commandment.
THAT ye love one another" And this Eas
10 be the test Of dlscipleshiD. and there
fore CT sonsf1ip We are TO show our love
for God In our love for men: and the keers-
CT and more seif-sacrifeing our lore for
men. fbe grander and trt1er our love for
God A man who truly loves men must
love God. That profound ssiieifssie for the
welfare Of men which springs not from
the divine seed can never be OF its kind.
VOC c&nroz grow God-lik- tree from
wording slip. That t. not love which
msn show their fellows when there Is no
acknowledgment OF God In II. II Is self
ish thing IL 10 a trap and a snare Be
ware Of it, But when the Spirit gently
opens our hearts I'd De8Stulf fu{lutuCsS
and there flows out tide of pure affection
toward mankind about ux, God looks down
and recognizes In our lives the clear re-
Fiction Of Himself. What q bond love
makes between heart and heart Separate
that companionshtp. and love lies bleed
Ing at every pore. Shall heaven employ
less OF our love than earth2 We shall love
God there? Oh. yes We shall love Christ.
Oh. yes. But shall II be ignoble for us
to love our own also. whose returning az
lection made glad many q desclate spot
In life? Tell me no such Inconsistency.
Heaven shall be full OF love. love in every
beam, In every breath. In every song. in
every step. And can Ee exercise love with
out recognition? Shall you, a lonely soul,
bereft OF all your life held dear. 20 search
ing after and never find the treasures that
for years you believed. because Of Christs
word, were laid up for you in heaven.
Tell me that you will be blind. and never
be able TO see the rainbow spanning the
throne. Tell me that you will go into
glory deaf. so that no strain of the SWELL
ing chorus shall ever thrill your soul. Tell
me that you will have some bodily de-
formity clinging to you. which the limpid
waters OF the Jordan of death Will never
be able to wash from your person. SO that
while others hasten to do the heavenly
will, you win be obliged TO halt and rest.
tired with you running. But tell me not
that love shall go unrequited. Believe me
You shall clasp that lost child TO your
heart, dear mother, and recognize IL as
your own You shall walk. my people.
arm In arm along the amaranthIne paths
with those whom death has rudely snatch
ed from your companionship, feeling again
the old-time confidence and affection a
thousand fold intensified. You shall look
up at the biossoming arch and afar upon
the crystal sea- You shall take In the glad
ness that falls In decks Of light. and rises
In sparkling spray. and floats on the air
IN song. and bounds over the golden pave
ment In obedience. but above and through
ali shall be the rapture Of q perfect love
knitting together heart and heart, and
thereby connecting you inseparably with
Christ and God. And II this love be yours.
then without the shadow OF a contrary
suspicion. without the semblance of A
doubt. without the merest Interrogation
point OF uncertainty, you must possess the
power OF recognition.
What say the scripturcss
1 might 20 farther and argue this Same
conclusion from the fact that Heaven must
also be place OF the hishes. joy, TO be
suited to our 0od-given natures. I take
II there il no necessity. What Is toyf A
compound OF knowledge and love. Other
wise II could not be intelligent and emo
uonal Whatever favors the ingredients
VIII favor the compound. That which in
terferes with either or both will reduce
our happiness. In order, then thar wa
may be truly happy In Heaven we must
De endowed with this faculty OF recogni-
uon, Now what have I accomplished I'm
10 this point. and my sermon il almost
dons? Some OF you may say. .sNothing
but to start moving a few differences"
fsrhaps So but they are mighty differences
tnat stand In nay mind as unanswerable
arguments. Have you been astonished be-
cause L have not appealed to the Scrtn
lures and built up my statements upon
frequent Thus saith the Lordsy' have
tnem IN reserve 1 have wanted to show
You that without definite promise in direct
rhraseoiogy We can be sure OF our loved
ones knowing US, and OF our knaw,nc
them Let us look In the Holy Book. and
rapidly repeat a portion OF its testimony
Saui recognized Samuel summoned from
the eternal world by the witch of Fn,1or
David declared at the death of his son
mat he should one day 60 TO him. And
what would be the use of his going ~ ha
eouiss not recognize hime Peter. James
Msa 'onn recognized Moses and Elias.
whom God permitted to appear ,,nor
~, ~ mount OF TRANSPORTATION.
Dives and Lazarus rsr,s-rs..s
each other. the one In perdition. the other
IN glory But stronger than any of these
and AL other like statements of Scr,n,,,ra
on that point are the words Of our I,orl, a :
he continued the conversation with MS
disciples. Il go TO prepare a pIaea for
YOU. And IL ! 20 to prepare a place for
sou, VIII come again and receive you
unto Myself, that where am there va 80,
be Also" And. further. In ,hs n nay
which followed His address. Father iii,
,hat they also whom Thou hast given me
De with Me where am: that they may he
hoic MY glory" Is not that enough, NJ,
merely sufncient to satisfy any logical ID
mand. but enough to satisfy the sey.ras.
testf Jesus Is not only the savior 81 ,sa
world. but the head OF the race renrassn-
,atiVe IN every particular clothed with our
ncsn. anu 70 appear In heaven In our glorf-
l' , human tody. His promise 10 the Apos-
Ties was that they should be IN MS 49,
ence. behold His glory and enjoy His 81
iowship III they were able 70 rsros-rt-,
HIM. do you mean 70 tell me tia, ,he,
could not recognize each other. Ara 1,
the promise IS fulfilled in them shan 4, ~,
Ne IN u.s. The conclusion IL irres,st.h,a
Glory to God' We shall know each othor
there- 10 not mourn then undulv oyer
these brief separations Of earth. God IN,
MAKE u all up TO you by and by.
Oh! Heaven. Blessed Heaven,
20 out and stand in the iirh; Of this
morning and look up. The clouds SWIM
Their wells OF mist between my vision and
the blue behind them. and wal, for fhs-n
10 vanish. l look again. and with The
strongest glass peer into the eyer-ssan.
enins blue. and stu am bafrlea come
eses 10 This old telescope Of truth. ana
adjusting II to my eye OF faith look I'M
ward Thrones. and palaces. and serris,,
RANKS OF angelic and redeemed hosts rfsi,v
tier above tier and Jesus crowned ,,s.s
honor, before whom wc~shiping ,r,vr,sts
tali IN alteration, and mother thirty Eve
years among them. and many near an,
dear ores, and old heroes OF the cross a,s
lAl.a radiant s,I.iI.r. z. n. l. -, tA-.t