Connecticut western news., 1897-01-28
HIS GLORIOUS FAITH.
REV. DR. TAtMAGE BREACHES ON
 RECOGNITION IN HEAVEN.

RECOGNITION IN HEAVEN. He Sums Up the Evidence of the Bible
 and That of the Dying Christian to Prove q General Hope-A Sermon of Absorb
 ing Interest.
 MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 24.-Dr. Talmage has been for few days preaching and iectuffng in Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul, and his sermon is on theme which will absorbingly interest all who read it. He returns this week to Wash ington. The subject is Heavenly Rec ognition," and the text, II Sam. xii, 23, CT shall go to him.
 There is very sick child in the abode of David the king Disease, which stalks up the dark lane of the poor and puts it's smothering hand on lip and nostril of the wan and wasted, also mounts the palace stairs and, bending over the pillow, blows into the face of young prince the frosts of pain and death. Tears are wine to the king of terrors, Alas, for David the kingl He can neither sleep nor eat and lies pros trate on his face, weeping and wailing until the palace rings with the outcry of woe.
 | Shall Go to Him.
 What are 'courtly attendants or vic .torious armies or conquered provinces under such circumstances? What to any parent is all splendid surrounding when his child is sick? Seven days have passed on. There, in that great house, two eye lids are gently closed, two little hands folded, two little feet quiet, one heart still. The servants come to bear the tid- ings to the king, but they cannot make up their minds to tell him, and they stand at the door whispering about the matter, and David hears them, and he looks up and says to them, "Is the child dead?'' ''Yes, he is dead"
 David rouses himself up, washes him. self, puts on new apparel and sits down to food. What power hushed that tenn pest? What strength was 1t that lifted up that king whom grief had dethroned? Oh, 1t was the thought that he would come again into the possession of that darling child! No gravedigger's spade could hide him. The wintry blasts of death could not put out the bright light There would be forge somewhere that with silver hammer would weld the broken links. In city where the hoofs of the pale horse never strike the pave ment he would clasp his lost treasure. He wipes away the tears from his eyes, and he clears the choking grief from his throat and exclaims, II shall go to himr"
 Was David right or wrong? live part on earth, will we meet again in the next world? Well. says some one, "that seems to be an impossibility. Heaven is so large place we never could find our kindred there" Going into some city without having appointed time and place for meeting, you might wander around for weeks and for months, and perhaps for years, and never see each other, and heaven is vaster than all earthly cities together. And how are you going to find your departed friend in that country? It is so vast 9 realm. John went up on one mountain of in- spiration, and he looked of upon the multitude, and he said, Thousands of thousands Then he came upon a greater altitude of inspiration and looked of upon it again, and he said, "Ten thousand times ten thousand. And then he came on higher mount of in- spiration and looked off again and he said, "A hundred and forty and four thou sand and thousands of thousands. .'' And he came on a still greater height of inspiration, and he looked off again and exclaimed, "A great multitude that no man can number.
 Now, ask, how are you going to find your frienSs in such throng as that? Is not this idea we have been entertain ing after all falsity? Is this doctrine of future recognition of friends in heav- en a guess, a myth, a whim, or is 1t a granite foundation upon which the soul pierced of all ages may build q glorious hope? Intense question: Every heart in this audience thrObs right into it. There Is in every soul here the tomb of at least one dead Tremendous question: It makes the lip quiver, and the cheek flush, and the entire nature thrill Shall we know each other there? get letters almost every month asking me to dis cuss this subject I get letter in a bold, scholarly hand, on gilt edged pa- per, asking me to discuss this question, and say, "Ah, that is curious man, and he wants curious question solved. But get another letter. It is written with trembling hand and on what seems to be torn out leaf of book, and there and here is the mark of tear, and say, "Oh, that is broken heart, and it wants to be comforted ''
 From Theory to Certainty.
 The object of this sermon is to take this theory out of the region of surmise and speculation into the region of posi- tive certainty. People say: "It would be very pleasant if that doctrine were true. I hope it may be true. Perhaps it is true. I wish it were true" But I believe that l can bring an accumulation of argu. ment to bear upon this matter which will prove the doctrine of future recog- milton as plainly as that there is any heaven at all, and that the kiss of re union at the celestial gate will be a certain az the dying kiss at the door oi the sepulcber.
 Now, when you are going to build s ship you must get the right kind of tim Der. You lay the keel and make ths framework of the very best materials
 the keelson. stanchions, plank shear counter timber, knees, transoms-al iron or solid oak. You may build shiI of lighter material, but when the cy clone comes on it will go down. Now we may have great many beautiful theories about the future world bull out of our own fancy, and they may dt very well as long as we have smootl sailing in the world. But when tn, storms of sorrow come upon us, and th' hurricane of death, we will be swamped we will be foundered. We want the ory built out of Gods eternal word. Tn doctrine of future recognition is not g, often positively stated in the word O