St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

Whaa - our departed chrlssla1
shenis)s 1oings Following ont thsii
own ss1en6A following out and follows
in6 ont forever. Since they died they
hsse solved 10000 Questions which
puzzled the earthly laboratory. They
staAd On the other side Of the thia
vail that seems to divide the physieal
fron the spiritual world. the thin wall
Of electricity, - thin the wall that
ever and anon it seems 70 b almost
broken throu9h-broken through from
one side By telephone and tels.
graphic apparatus. broken through
from the other side BY strange inau.
enees which men In their Ignorance
call spiritualistic manifestations All
that matter cleared mp They laugh.
Ing 1t 40 - other brothers will laugh
1t inexperienced brothers . they SEQ
NJ with contracting brow exper,.
mentiug, only wishing they could show
10 the way 70 open al the mysterieA
But what are the men Of the law
who In this world found their CHIEF
Joy In the legal profession-what are
they doing now? Studying law in .
universe where everything Is con.
trolled BY law from the flight of hum
ming-bird to flight Of world-law, not
dry and hard and drudging. but right.
eouA and magnificent law. before
which man. and cherub. and ssraph,
and archangel. and God Himself bow.
The chain Of Law long enough to wind
around the immensities. and infinity,
and eternity. Chain Of law. What .
place to study law. where all the links
Of tho chain are In the hand!
What are our departed Christians
friends who In this world hal their
Joy in the healing art doing now9
Ansy 1t theIs old business. No sick-
ness in Heaven, but plenty Of sickness
on earth, plenty Of wounds in the diff
feront part Of Gods dominion to be
healed and to be medicated.
But what arc our friends who found
their chief joy in conversation and in
sociality doing now? In brighter con.
versation there and In grander social
ity. What . place to visit In where
your next door neighbors are kings
and queens! You yourselves kingly
and queenly. II they want to know
more particularly about the first para
disc. they have only 10 60 over and ask
Adam. II they want to know how
the sun and the moon halted, they
have only to 60 over and ask Joshua.
II they want to know how the storm
pelted Sodom. they have only to 60 over
and ask Lot II they want to know
more about the arrogance of Haman,
they have only to 20 over and ask
Mordecai II they want to know how
the Red sea boiled VIII en- it was cloven,
they have only to go over and ask
MoseA II they want to know the
about the Bethlehem adj
vent. they have only to 60 over and ask
the serenading angels who stood
that Christmas night in the bal
comics of crystal. 1t they want
to know more Of the particulars Of
the crucifxi0n, they have only to
60 over and ask those who were per-
sonal spectators while the mountains
crouched and the heavens got black in
the face ut tho spectacle. If they
want to know more about the suffer-
ings Of the Scotch Covenanters, they
have only to 60 over and ask Andrew
Melville. II they want to know moro
about the old-time REVEALS, they have
only to 70 over to ask Whitfield, and
and Livin gston, and Fletcher,
and Nettleton, and Finney.
Oh! wha. place to visit in! If eter-
nifty were one minute shorter. 1t would
not be long enough for such sociality.
Think Of our friends who in this world
were passionately fond of flowers
turned into paradise. Think OF our
friends who were very fond of raising
superb fruit turned into tho orchard
where each tree has IL kinds Of fruit
II once, and bearing the fruit all the
year roundi What are our departed
Christian friends doing in Heaven.
those who on earth found their chief
Joy In the Gospel ministry? They are
VisitinR their old congregations. Most
II those old ministers have got their
people around them already. When I
ret to Heaven-as by the grace of God
Inn destined to 60 to that place-I will
come and see you oil. Yes, will como
10 all the people to whom have
in the Gospel, and to
Of souls to whom, through
she kindness Of the printing press,
I'm permitted to preach every week in
his land Ind in the uttermost parts Of
The earth. / will visit them all.
rive them. fair notice. Our departed
friends of tho ministry are now en-
engaged In that dele ctable entertain.
ment and undertaking.
But what are our departed Christian
friends who in all departments of use
lulness were busy, finding their chief
Joy In doing good-what are they do
ng now? Going right on with the
work. John Howard visiting dun.
rooms; the dead women Of northern
Ind southern battle-delds still abroad
ooxing for the wounded; George
still watching tho poor,
Thomas Clarkson still looking
lfter the enslaved-all Of those
Who did good on earth buster
,inco death than before. The tomb |
tone mot the terminus, but the start. |
ng-post What are our departed
Christian friends who found their chief |
10y In studying God dong now? Study
ng God yet No need Of revelation
low. for, unblanched, they arc face to |
lace. Now they can handle tho |
thunderbolts, just ~
| child handles the sword of = IA
her come back from victorious |
,attle. They have no sin; NO fear,
Studying Christ, not |
through . revelation, save tho revela- |
ion Of the scars-that deep lettering
which brings it oil up quick enough. |
stud ing the Christ Of the bethlehem
the Christ of the awful |
with it, hemorrhoge OF
read. and hand, and foot. and side; the |
christ Of the shattered mausoleum:
christ tho Sacrifice, the Star. the Son,
he Man. the God. the Goldman, the