Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-02-04

Mary ami Martha when He said, Thy
olo' heF saa.l Use asans" Il was as much
a ~ say Don't crs. Don't ~esr your.
selves cut with tAts t-oubie. You viii ,ea
h.al asa .. Ihy brother shall r.sa again
1as b.ote ce-er.oes heaven as great
Aoa4e ciEc.e. Wei. now. taat would he q
very queer home c.rcle where tho rnerterp
ofa NIX Know each ctae-. The Bl6Ie do
scnoes 4.a;h a. s.sep. /. We kn2v ea,a
oiael b-'oTe Ne 20 70 s.~p. shall we nj
kho" .afa o'hes ater We wake Up: oh,
yes We Wall know each other = great deal
eeiter iten than now. "For now" says tia
apostle. We see through a glass larNiy tu,
tA.a sase % lace II wi.l oe ny purified.
ehthronei .ad s.or..-,l noJy -azlt.s 81 gJa.
luriaed. e1ihroner eni g.or.-ei e,dy
New. demand. IL you teiseve the Bible.
thas you take this theory o: future raeoSnt-
ton out OF the reslGl o. speculation and sur
mise INFO the region of positive certainty
and no more keep saying: az hope /, is u,
nave an idea II Is 50. cuazs Il is so Z.
able 10 say. with All the ccn,ra-te .cer.-y
O. body, mini aud soul. II know il il so.''
There are IN addition u ;hesa Rlbi" ar-u-
Fnents other reasons why ac.ap: thlstheory
Ia fhe tlrst place. hesau-a tha rejection - i;
Implies the entire Cbiteration o. oar n ~. ~
Can i; D. pGssi0l. hat w SAaIi forea; tor-
ever those with whose wa!s. look. manner
we haze been - Ion, famttl4r3 Wi death
coma and with a sharp. keen h!a = heN away
this faculty of memory? Abraham sali n
Dives. son. remenb-r.' l. The exi.cI an
the lost remember, VIII no. the entAroaed
remenber2
You know very we'll tha. our Joy in any
circumstance J. augmented tv III. co,nran-
ionship OK our friends. We caunot
picture with less than folr eyes. or -he.r 4
song with less than four ears. We want
someone besde Is with whom to eychaug.
glances and sympathes, aad l suppose the
Joy OF heaven Is - be augmented hy the fact
= bot L.
there rise before Us the thrones of the
blessed. an 1 when there surEes u III our ear
the juai'ate o. til. saved. Hea"cn "a not a
contraction. Ii Is an expansion. II know
you here. | will knox you better there. Here
l see you with only two ayes, bur there the
soul shall have n million ayes. It VIII be
imm Ortaiitv gazing on iInmortaiity-~-a ran
soulei spirit in cololny with rausome !.
spirit victor beside victor. When John
Evans, the Scotch minister, was seated in
his study. his wife came in an said 10 him,
MY dear, do You think we Will know each
t other in heaven He turned 10 her AMI
said, "My dear. do YOU think we viii he
bigger fools in heaven than "" are here
Again. | accept thi. doctrine OF future
recognition because the worlds expectancy
afflrms 1t. In all lands AMI ages th;s theory
is received. What form Ct religion planted
III No form Of religion. for i, is received
under all forms q religion. Then l arcue.
u sCuliflhEt, IL ItCiiI-. III Hutlclitlt0.j u.
universally planted, must have b en God
| implanted. aud If Goi imp.antei it Is right
fully implanted. Socrates writes: WHO
would not part with n great deal 10 purcha %
a meeting with Orpneus and Hone? If it
be true that this Is TO be the consequences OF
death, | could even be able TO die often
Again. I adopt this theory because there
Are features Of moral temperament aud
features OF the soul that will distinguish
! US forever. How do we know each other ia
avs " ~ length q he sss1hs shs lie lee !!,aI
| proportions? Oh no. It il by the dispost-
| ton as we'll. by natural affinity using the
| word In the very best sense AMI not in tho
bad sense, and if in the dust our body should
perish and lie there forever AMI there should
| be no resurrectIon still the soul has enough
| feature and the disposition has enough fel-
| lures TO make us tlstincuis liable. l can un'
| derstand how III sickness a man Will become
| so dclir.Ous that he Will not know his own
| friends. but will we be blasted with such
| insufferable iiiocv that, standing heslde our
| best frientS tor all eternity, We Will ueHei
| guess who they are?
| Again. ! think that one reason why W.
ought to accept this doctrine is bee We
never In this world have 40 opportunity =
give thanks TO thos. 70 whom We are rpir.t-
uaIly indebted. The JOY Of heaven, vs. arf
| told. is 10 be inau ,urated by review O.
! lifes work. These Christian men and wo-
|
they seen the full result o. their work? On
no,
In the chnrch nj Somervillc. n. J., Johg
Vredenbursh preached for n great man,
years. He fet that his ministry was
failure although he was faithful n int9te
preaching the gospel all the time. lie died
and died amid acknowledgements, aai wea'
| home to God. for no one ever doubted tta
John Vredenburch WAS a good C1ristlar
| minister. little while after hfs draii
/ there came n great awaken nC IN S0Tervil q
and one Sabbath 200 souls stool UP n th
Oh istian altar eSPcusng the cause 81 Christ
among them my own father end uotLer
| And what WAS peculiar IN regard 10 ne1rl,
al OF those 20D soul, was tha. they datet
their religious in pre-siCn from the mini-tr,
II OF John VreGeubarGh. Wiiltaat good Chris
iian man before the throne 81 God new
meet those soals brought 10 Chyis- throIgl
his sinstrumentalt4? oh, % courre be Wi
know them. remember oie sabbath after
noon. borne down with the sense o ny s.a'
and knowing not Coi, Itook up Dot1r4i.e
"Rise ana Progress Oh waat a sayl
afternoon Il vas. ana l read the chapters
and | read the prayers. and ;r.ef: u max
The prayets ny own. Oh, mus: see IhlfiI
Do1dFid.e glorious cd booA lie wrote
II Is out % fashion now.
There is a mother before the th-o-e o. G o3
| You say ter JOY * full. l. il? Iau rGv th"-
can be no augmentation q Il. Cannot fher
be- Her son was n wauderer an 4 vasa5on
on the earth when that god mot her s.i"I
He broke her OH heart. she died ieasia
him In the wilderness ~ sin. She j. tef1-
the throne 0. God now. Year. pas, and iha
son repen's o. his crimes an giTe@ hts b "a
10 Goi md becomes Il tisc.il Car - lgIl IN
die. and enters ten gase~ ~ hearen. u
tel IT, that tha: II oth~r 1ycaanot be a2l
mentei? Ls, thee. confront each o,hHc. =
son and the uo.h.r "Oh.'' sac say - =
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