Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-02-03

| Wo nave Uecn 81 lOuS VIII
| come AMI with sharp, keen blade beY away
| this faculty OF memory! Abraham said &c
Dives, ".Son. remember" II the eyiied and
the lost remember, will not the enthroned
remember
You know very we'll that our Joy in an,
circumstance is augmented by the compan-
tonship of our friends. We cannot see a
picture with iess than four eyes, or hear a
song with less than four ears. We want
someone beside uS with whom to exchange
glances and sympathies. and / suppose the
| Joy Of heaven is to be augmented by the fact
that We are to have our friends With Us when
thers rise before us the thrones of The
blessed. and when there surges up in our eat
the jubiiate of the saved. Heaven il not g
contraction. 1t is an expansion. II know
you here, l will know you better there. Her
l see you with only two eyes. but there the
soul shall have million eyes. IT will be
immortality gazing on immortality-ran.
somei spirit In colloquy with ransomed
spirit victor beside victor. When John
| Evans, the Scotch miaister, was seated in
his study, his wife came in and said 70 him.
| my dear. do you think We will know each
other in heaven?" He turned to her and
said. "My dear, do you think we will be
bigger fools in heaven than We are here?"
Again. l accept this doctrine OF future
recognition because the worlds expectancy
| af1rms II. In all lands and ages this theory
Is received. What form Of religion planted
ttl No form of religion, for II is received
under all forms of religion. Then, l argue,
| sentiment, a feeling, I'D anticipation.
| universally planted, must have been God
| implanted, aud II Go implanted it is right
| fully implanted. Socrates writes: "Who
| would not part with great deal to purchase
| a meeting with Orpheus and HoneTr If 1t
be true that this Is to bs the consequence Of
death, ! could even be- able to die often"
Again, I adopt this theory because thert
| are features of moral temperament and
| features OF the soul that will distinguish
| Us forever. How do We know each other In
this world? Is it merely by the color of the
| eye, or the length Of the hair, or the facial
proportions? Oh, no. 1t is by the DISPOSE
| ton as we'll, by natural affinity, using the
! word in the very best sense and nor in the
| bad sense, and il 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 fea-
| lures 10 make Us dislinguIshabe. 1 can un-
! derstand how in sickness man will become
| so delirous that he will not know his own
friends, but will wa bs blasted with such
| insuffsrabie i1iocy that, standing beside our
BEST friends for all eternity, We will never
| guess who they are?
Again, think that one reason why We
ought TO accept this doctrine is because we
never in this world have an opportunity TO
| give thanks to those TO whom We are spirit
ualiy indebted. The Joy Of heaven. we are
| told. is to be inaugurated by n review of
| life's work. These Christian men and wo-
men who have been toiting for Christ. have
| they seen the full result Of their work? Oh,
| no.
In the church Mt Somerville. y. J., John
! Vredenburyh preached for a great many
years. He felt that his ministry was a
failure, although he was faithful minister
preaching the gospel all the time. He died,
| aud died amid disbursements, and went
| home TO God. for no one ever doubted that
! John vredenburgh was u good Christian
3 fa,s lftti Nuhi ila fsar
/. there came a Great awakening in SomerviI!e,
+, and one Sabbath 200 souls stood up at the
! Oh istan altar espous ne the cause OF Christ,
! among them my own father and mother.
And what was peculiar in regard 10 nearly
all OF those .0) souls was that they dated
| their religious impression from the ministry
! OF John Vredenburgh. Will that good Chris
! iian man before the throne of God never
meet those souls brought 10 Christ through
| his instrumentality? Oh, OF course he will
| know Them. | remember one Sabbath after
noon, borne down with the sense OF my sins
and knowing not Col, Itook up Doddridge's ;
| '.Riss and Progress. Oh, what dark
aft ernoon it was. and l read the chapters.
and read the prayers. and tried To make
the prayers my own. Oh, must see Philip
Doddridge. A glorious old book he wrCtei
| II is out OF fashion now.
There ,s a mother before the throne of God.
You say Her JOY is full. Is ii? You say there
| can be no augmentation OF 1t. Cannot there
/ De! her sou WAS Il WhDuereE anu IL NilSiDOHtl
! on The earth when that good mother died
| He broke her old heart. She died leaving
| him In the wilderness of sin. She is before
! the throne of God now. Years pass, and that
| son repents OF his crimes and gives his heart
! to God and becomes a useful Christian and
| dies AMI enters the gates OF heaven. You
tell me that that mothers Joy cannot ba aug
mentei? Let them confront each other, the
| son and the u'o,he oh" she says TO the
angels Of GoI, "rejoice with me' The dead
| Is alive again, and the lost is founl- Halle
luiah! never expected TO see this lost one
come back The Bible says Nations are to
be born in day. When China Genes to God,
| will it not know Dr.. Abeel? When India
comes. will it not know DR.. John Scudderf
When the Indians come to God, will they not
| know David Brainerd3
I see a soul entering heaven at last, with
covered face at the idea that il has done 50
| little for Christ and feeling borne down with
unworthines-, and 1t says 10 itself, II have
| no right TO be here" voice from q throne
| SAYS: ''Oh, YOU forget that Sunday-school
| them" And another voice says: 'fou for
| get that poor man TO whom you gave q loaf
OF bre ad and told of the heavenly bread. I
| was that man And another says: You
foi set that sick one to whom you gave me IL
| cine for the body AMI the soul l was that
one." And then Christ. from throne over
! topping all the rest, will say. ''Inasmuch as
, We did Ii 10 one of the least OF these, you did
1t to me-" And then the seraphs will take
their harps from the side of the throne and
cry. "Wha, song shall it be?'' And Christ,
bending over the hsrpers. shall say, at
shall be the harvest home
One more reason why I am disposed to
I ncoept th.s doctrine OF future recognition Is
that SO many In theft last hour on earth
have confirmed this theory. spess me- q
persons who have been deiirtous IA their
| last moment and knew not what thsy were
about, .,ut OF persons who died in caimness
and placidity, and who were not naturally
supsrstitious. Often the elories OF heaven
have struck the dying pillow, and the de-
| parting man has said he saw and haatd those
| who hal gone away-rrom him. How often
1t % in the DYING moments parents see theii
| departed children and children see their de.
parted parents I came down to the bank:
Of the Mohawk River. Ii was evening, aud
wanted to 60 over the river. and SO waved
ny hat and shouted, and after while l saw
some one waving on the opposite bank. and
! heard him shout. and the boat came across
and got in and was transported. And so
suppose IT will be in The evening of our life
We will come down TO the river OF death Rnc
give q signal 70 our friends on the othel
shore. and they will give q signal ba.k to us
AM the boat comes, and our dsparta>
kindred are tho oarsmen. the fires OF the set
ting day tingins the tops OF the paddles.
Heaven IA not stately. formal place, as
sometimes hear II ie.cribed, a very irIeiitt
forynalf. lea and 20 around about With hnav
crowns Of gold on their heads. No, that I
not my idea OF heaven. Sly idea OF heave
Is more like this Yon are seate1 Ia III
e-enin2 tide by the fireplace, your whol
family thsre. or nearly all OF them there
While YOU are seated falkng and enioyln
tn, evening hour there is knock nj IN
door and tie door opsus. AMI there come
u brother that has boon long absent. FL
las been long absent, for years you hav'
Iot seen him. and no sooner 10 you max
sp your mind that il Is certainly he than yo'
zap up, aad the question 10. Who shall Civ
aim the first embrace? That Is my Idea 0
: heaven "A great home circle where they ar
Waiting for us. Oh will you not know you
mothers voice there2 She who had alway
.aiied you by your hrst name long afte
,thers had given you the formal sinister:
. Rou were never anything bnt James or John
ar George or Thomas. or Mary or Fiorenc
. 10 her. Will you not know your child
Z voice? She OF the bright eye and rudd
sheek an / the quiet step. who came in fror
play and flung herself into your lap. yer
| shnUar Of irth nj haaufy1 WHY th9 Di(