Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-02-04
REV. 1A[MAGE'S SERMON,
"HEAVENLY RECoG<,r,o~ ;,
ne hioie Describes Heaven as a
OFeat Home Circle, and We Shall
hnow Each Other Better.

1eat nome Circle, and We Shall
hnow Each Other Better.
Kill. 3. % Il a7'
ausfe ss a very sick ehill in IN. abode 0.
.aVia tne king. Disease, which stalks m
4ane OF tne poor and puts its srrosh.
e.lnS hand On p ana nosIril OF the wan AMI
, ..s. niso mounts tia palace stars and
lssnau'nS over the pillow biowsint tie faca
eitne young prince the tros,s Of main AMI
death- Tears are wine to the kinr q ra-ra-s -.
Alas for David tue kim. He csn rei.na-
sNrp nor eat an lies pro..rated on his face
weeping and wailin2 uutii tne "a ace ring,
WIN the QUERY OF woe.
"iat are couriy attendants. or victorious
a.; OF Conquered provinces under such
a. -re.rita -fcess what to any parent is all
So enala surrounding when his child is scs2
seven . ays have passed on. There in that
So, L2uso Two eyeliis are gently close
I'VE niue hands folded, two iittle fee. ouiet
one mart still. The servants come 10 haar
Tue t-1nSs to the king. but they cannot
make Up their minus 10 tell him. ana they
slanu ~ .oe door whispering about the m at-
ter, aad David hears them and he look. un
~" says TO them: ''Is the child deaI?f'
''Ies, lis is dead -
@Dtvis rouses himself up, washes himself.
puIs onheW apparel AMI sits down to food
Hhat n>Wer hcshed that tempest? What
strehStt was It that lifted up that king
whoh 9trl mad dethroae!? Oh, it was the
thOuVhl that he would coma again into the
possession Of that darling child. No grave.
digger. spade could hide him. The wintrv
pla7ts death could not put out the bright
lSht. There would b. forge somewhere
,hat win silver hammer would weld the
nrohenlnks. In q city where the ho0fs OF
'ns pae horse never strike the pavement he
"onia f'asp his lost treasure. He wipes
away ths tears from his eyes, and he clears
the chosInS grif from his throat and ex-
cialtns, s al 90 TO him" "
was ioavid right wrong? II we part on
ea1th We meet again in the next world?
Wei. says some one, that seems to be an
lmpossbilliy. Heaven is 50 large place we
never qud find our Kindred there" Going In.
20 somfchy without having appointed time
ana pice Tor meeting. you might wander
arounllor weeks and for months, and per
maps - years, and never see each other and
heaEe1Is vaster than all earthly cities to-
S,o'HSii ANA now are you going to find your
oepartfl friend in that country? 1t is SO vast
ieit4 Jonn went up one mountain of in
spiratlol and he looked of upon the multi
auue,ani he said, Thousands OF thousands"
linen ny came up upon n greater altitude Of
,hspirason and looked cfr upon it again and
ne said,' len thousand times ten thousand !"
ana ihei he came on higher mount OF in
spiras1n and looked off again, and he said, /,
"A hus1rei aud forty and four thousand
ana thousands otthousands." And he came
on sti greater height of inspiration, and
he 4oEeo OF again and exclaimed, IA great
mutttute that e o i'll IN can number"
NV, ask, how are Yop goiug to find
ycur frieads in suoh q throng a. ,Ila,- L
not h:s idea we have been entarta Lips,
AFR all. n fal.ity? Is this doctrine OF future
recognition OF friends in heaven n guess. a
mr. N W hiuo ia n nifie f0np1 1o+i IN
upn which the soul pierced Of all ages may
btld 4 glorious hope? Intense question:.
Hery heart in this audience throbs right
ino it. There IS in every soul here the tomb
otlt least one dead. Tremendous question.
fnakes the lip quiver and the cheek flush.
All the entire nature thrill. Shall we know
H:h other there? | get letters almost every
n nth asking ne to discuss this subject.
ST letter in bold. scholarly hand on gilt
eyed paper, asking me to discuss this uues-
TIN, and l say. 'Ah. that is n curious man,
al he wants curious question solved'
BIT get another letter. 1t is written with a
tBmbling hand ead on what seems to be a
tTn out leaf of }. book, and there and here is
to mark OF n 'ear. and say, 'Oh, that is a
ooken heart. and i, wants TO be cornfortedn'
| The object o. this sermon is to take this
theory out of tic region Of surmise and
| speculation into the region OF positive GER
| rIniy. People say: Il. would be very
| peasant If that dortr m were true. l hope
| hmay be true Perhaps it is trua. I wish
hwere true" But believe that can bring
a. accumulation OF argument to bear upon
tlis matter which will prove the doctrine OF
| future recognition rs plainly as that there is
hy heaven at MI, AMI that the kiss Of ra-
tnion ut the celestial gate will be as certtin
q the diving kiss at the door OF the sepulcher.
Nov. when you are going TO build ship
YOU must ct the right kind OF timber. IoI
Ry the keel anil make the framework OF the
sety best maieri:ls-tho keeisOn stanchiOns.
Hank shear, count er timber. knees, trans ms
all iron or sold oak You may build a
thip Q! lighter N ter. but " he the cyclone
ZONES on il VIII 50 down. Now. We may
have a great many be ,utitul theories about
he future world buiit out OF our own fancy.
and they may 30 very We'll as long as we
nave smooth sa Ing IN the world, but when
he storms CT sorrow come upon us. and the
| hurricane OF death, we will be swarn ted-wr
will be toundere1. We want a theory butli
out OF GoG's eternal word. The doctrine O
| future recognition IL not SO often rositiyeiy y
stated ia the word OF God rs piled. and
| you know. my friends, that that is. after all
| the strongest mode OF affirmation. Ioul
! friend travels in foreign Inn - He comes
home. He does not begin BY arguing with
| you to prove that there are such places II,
London and Stockholm AMI Paris and Dres
! den and Perrin. hut his conversation imple.
| Il. And 50 this Bible does not so Tositivel,
state this theory rs. all up and down IL
| chapter-. take il fov granted
| What does nv tex: inplys Il shall 70 {
| him What consolation would / bc Z
/ David 10 70 70 lis childi. he would not kno7
| him? Would David have been allowed |;
! record this antici patton for the inspection c
/ al ages II Il were a grouuciess an;tcipaticn
We read in the G-st book o.the Bit;e: Ae-a
ham die. md was gathered 10 hjs peop ople
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