El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-01-31
Heaven.

Rev. II. w. Moore of the Presbyter-
ian church preached yesterday morr-
ing from the text, 'tIn my Fathers
house are many mansions" He spoke,
Heaven is the noblest imagination of
the human heart. The very mention
OF the word makes us think of all tn at
is glorious, of our dear ones gone into
the unseen and some turf covered
mourd some where in one of God 3
acres. Jesus when close to the veil,
the night before calvary, broke the
silence and took away ali unrest from
the soul when he said LET not your
believe also in me. 1 go to prepare q
place for you /" A father who was
asked why he now rad his bible so
much replied: 81 have a little son in
heaven and 1 want to learn all about
the place." Oh, how the unseen presses
on our souls at times that we must
speak. The world cannot satisfy the
soul because the soul s greater than
the world Our spirits in spite of us
outrun earthly limits. Lob, hope it
is not wrong" said Charles Kingsley,
shut approach death with an Intense
and reverent curiosity" Yes. let any
one persue even for little the broken
rays of truth, live life of self-sacrifice
and he i'll come up against the great
fact that man has a destiny.
Is there rest for the people of God
| reply there is. The Egyptian re-
'igion had its happy islands, the G. g TX
religion its Elysium fields, the NOLAN
medan, its sensual paradise; ard Bud
dhism it's Nirvana and Christianity its
beautiful heaven. The old testament
called death being gathered to the
father's," Enoch's t-snslat ion. Eliza b
speaks OF immortal lily. The Psalmist
said. SAT thy right hand are pleasures
forevermore. 1.-THE new testament is st !
| more confident. Jesus lis heaven 81
fathers house." paradise" Paul
| Gays it is ito be with Christ" John
| calls it "a city" Two homes we have
the tent life here, the home life yon-
der. And think of its happiness!
1--WE shall be satisfied when we awake
in his likeness. Never have we been
| satisfied here. mo more pain" Tell
that to hospitals and infrmaries. "No
| more tears" Tell that to Orphanage
| and widowhood. mo more d. ath' F."
Tell that to world where sorrow in
her black robes sits by so many fire.
sides. No WEAKNESS of body there.
No need of eating and drinking or
satisfying phys cal aPpetites; for flesh
and blood Carrot iuheris heaven. Its
bliss is beyond earthly conception
Consider its social enjoyments. We
meet father, mother, Jennie, George.
the babe. All, heaven as a place tc
rest in is not all of heaven. This is
the monks idea of heaven-the
ascetics, but not Jesus "My fathers
house" means social joys. H. ads up
this morning. You'll press again the
hard of love and feel again the thrill
OF communion with dear ones. There
is better time coming. 1t will bs
worth all earth's tears. Oh, if 70,
could get but one glimpse of thos.
glorified faces over yonder your hear
would sing like harp or lark a
dawn. From glory to glory ehal
our spirits grow yonder, uuclogged b,
a body OF pain and WEAKNESS. elf
me up!" lift me up!' ''Open tn,
window" Do 20 UT OF hear the music p
aid dying DR.. Fuller. ''Oh, these
rays of glory!" said dying Mrs. Clark
son.
Look up! Your loved ones have onl,
emigrated as birds emig ate 70 warme
climes to escape ~intry blasts. TIL ),
are gone to the land of everlastin!
health where the sunshine is not G. Id
Get ready for the day of your emigra
ton, my friend. You soon are TO 90 t.
your long, last home. My husband,
fsaid dying mother, Il charge you T.
bring all these chi d~en to heaven will
CONTINUED on second psge.l