The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-04-04

love and for its divine reason. He is
near, he is with us always. We may
hold him tenderly and strongly by
what we know of him in the Gospel.
He must needs come in the flesh, and
make personal history. The vital
knowledge of this history-the Cos
pel-holds him to US. 1t is an intro
duction, the beginning of our ac-
quaintance which now continues and
enables US to recognize his presence
as the Spirit of our Lord. He is
knocking at the door of our hearts
for a larger entrance, and he is
knocking at the door of hearts that
know him not.
The unseen world is so dim and
shadowy and unreal to many people,
they get but little comfort out of it;
yet how the old saints rejoiced in it,
and how millions of believing souls
today feast in anticipation of its glory
and derive, not comfort only, but
strength and courage to do and to
dareI How near and how, real it is!
The recognition OF our Lords life in
the unseen, and his interests in all
human affairs brings to us the blessed
suggestion that our beloved who
have passed into the unseen also
think of us, are as deeply interested
in us as they were in this world
more deeply interested. Is there not
moral wholesomeness in this thought,
in this recognition7 The fathers and
mothers and all the dear ones lover
there" yearn for us with all the deep
ening solicitude Of their faithful love.
We should recognize ourselves as in
their presence. they who never
prayed on earth are praying low.
They have seen the Lord and know
of his glory, and of the glory of re-
ligionr and they pray that we and all
men shall see this glory and enter i11-
TO it and be saved. Their loving eyes
aye upon US; we are seen and known
Of them as we were never 80 clearly
seen and known by them on earth.
Wegive shem JOY or pain as- our con-
ductmay be, even as she di7iner love
of our Lorat suffers still by cur sins
and our folliesy or rejoices in our
facilities and devotion to his cause.
With him it, is a divine sympathy;
with cur beloved it is the same sym
pathy in 'kind,tho@gh it may falter in
degree Is'i5 not in our experience
to feel taiat after we had wrought out
some goodlat the cost of hard starug
gle, or resisted Temptations, we have
made father or mother or some dear
one over there happy for this struggle
and resissanceY Away with whatso-
everof superstition bereaves us,of all
the value of this thought. Away
with the dark creeds that divorce the
worlds! Away with the foolish dream
that we are hidden from the loving
eyes that watch and wait!
The Lord. is knocking at our hearts,
fand they-the beloVed-in his spirit
are knocking. Open the door!
I Knocking, knocking. who is there?
! Waiting. waiting, oh how fair!
\ Ills pilgrim, strange and knightly,
4 Never such was seen before.
). All my soulfor such a wonder,
Wilt thou not undo this door?
Knocking, knocking still He's there,
Waiting, waiting, wondrous fair;
But the door is,hard to open,
For the weeds and Ivy vines,
With their dark and clinging tendriss
Ever round the hinges Irvine.
Knocking, knocking-What still there9'
Waiting, waiting. grand and fair;
Yes, the pierced hands still knocking,
And beneath the crowned hair
Beam the patient eyes, so tender.
OF my Saviour waiting there
BALTIMORE. MD.