The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-05-14

is the unerring promise Of God. Blu
to say what heaven is or where it is
! can rot, [ dare rot; yet hold fas
to the Divine promise of an infallibl,
God and trust in his word for a pros
pective home beyond this world o.
sorrow and cares.
Following along down the chain O
gifts, we find that God has given Il!
our bodies, and as these are onl,
tenements of clay which are lffeless
in themselves, he has placed a gift o
divinity therein, called the spirit
And this spirit is something apar
from the body, seeking to know it
self. This spirit, the life-giyingpow
er, soon discovers the body to b'
its perishing prison-houSe, and i
Chambers up to the little barred win
dow Of its cell, through which i
looks out to catch meager glimpse
of the wide world that lies beyond
1t frets and beats its wings impati
emily against the bars, CONSCIOUS
that if it could only escape, vast lib
erty and knowledge would revea'
themselves to it. The eye is a very
small aperture for the soul, and il
can not see patch of life larger than
a prison-yard. The soul is ever con
irving plan to enlarge this window
and extend it's range of vision farthe,
into the world of the unknown. Il
feels itself weighed down by the bod,
lily appetites, and in fear OF hell, lin.
gers about its sepulcher as a ghostly
apparation. Above, it sees the in.
Vulnerable worlds of light that gem
the vaulted sky, moving through
space like our earth. Beyond these
are other luminous balls too far away
to be visible except through a tele,
scope. And probably Beyond these
are others brighter still, and where
this chain of vision ends God only
knows.
The soul longs to fly away to those
brighter worlds on hign, but can not
until death destroys its earthly house.
But when once free from the body,
the soul will never again return to
that prison. The genuine soul loves
virtue and eschews the low and GRO
Yelling things OF this world. Such a
soul is commanded by gentle voice
which guides it to its eternal resting
place. Immortal truth is the bright
est gem that can adorn a human soul.
But if such truth be non-a -attainable,
then we mus. take the best of human
notions, and OH these frail thoughts.
sail over life's rough ocean. The soul
IS invisible, incorporeal, and nom
and is believed to be more
lasting than the body. Now the ques-
ion is, does this prove that the soul
IS immortal? If a man had many
bodies, might not the last body out
i've the soul? For instance, a man
Who lives to be old, wears out many
oats, but his last coat survives the
I'D man, and it is left after he is
lead and buried, although the man is
more lasting than his coat. If man
we're n mere bundle of muscles and
zones, without a conscience, the pow
+ Of God, to give him the knowledge |
# right and wrong, he would be an
nanimate object without reason and
Intelligence, and he would be left to
himself. But in the present condition
t man, all objections seem to be si-
enced; for death is not the end of !
II, nor are the wicked released from !
heir sin by death, but they carry |
iith them into the world below, that !
'hich they are, and that which they
ecome, and these only. After death |
he soul is brought to judgment, and
is sentenced by the Great Judge
'ho sitteth upon the bench of that
tribunal from which there is no ap-
cal, then 1t follows the guiding an
el through the labyrinthic windings
0 world unknown to US. We often |
tand and gaze upward through the
ther to yonder veil OF blue, and
train our eyes to look little fart her
D see what lies beyond, but the cur
ain is too thick to be penetrated by |
lortal eyes. The imaginative faculty |
f the mind and the eye Of faith dart
way into the background, and see
eaven in divers colors, sparkling
18th jewels brighter than gold and
hitter than snow.
Then comes this question forcing
self upon our minds. Does the soul
death, go down with the body to
,e grave? And if SO, does it remain
lere in state of torpor until the
lst day of time? believe the soul
ever enters the grave, but at the ex-
iration OF the last breath, it goes di-
ectly to the God who gave it, and
le body only is inhumed i'll the
arth. hear some one say what are
GU going to do with that passage of