The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-11-05

Il would be the minister. and the other
thought IL would be the old deacon.
Now. / have not much admiration for
a life boat which viii go out 10 a ship
sinking with 1000 passengers, and get
one of in safety and let i,ss9 60 10 the
bottom Why, Heaven musthave been
a village when Abel. the first soul
from earth, entered IT. as compared
with the present population OF that
great cityl
Again: l remark that Heaven has
vastly improved In knowledge Give
q mar 20 or 50 years to study one
science, or all seiereeA with all the
advantages OF Laboratories and observ-
atories and philosophic apparatus, he
will be marvel of information. Now,
into what intelligence must Heaven
mount, angelhood and sainthood, moi
after studying for 90 or 80 years, but
for thousands OF years-Studying God
and the soul and Immortality and he
universal How the intelligence OF
that world must sweep on and on.
with eyesight farther reaching than
telescope. with power OF calculation
mighter than all human mathematics
with powers Of analysis surprising all
chemical laboratory. with speed
swifter than telegraphyl What must
Heaven learn, with all these sdvant-
ages, in q millennium The difference
between the highest university on
earth and the smallest class In Q pri-
mary school can not be a greater DIFF.
ference than Heaven as 1t Is now aud
Heaven as it once was Do you not
suppose hat when DIR. James Simp-
went up from the hospitals OF
Edinburgh into heaven he knew more
than ever the science OF health; and
that Joseph Henry, graduating from
the Smithsonian institution Into
Heaven, awoke into higher realms Of
philosophy; and that Sir william
Hamilton. lifted to loftier sphere,
understood better the construction OF
the human intellect; and that John
Milton took up higher poetry In the
the actual presence of things that on
he had tried to describeP
Again; Heaven is vastly improved In
its society. During your memory how
many exquisite spirits have gone into
III II you should try to make a list OF
the genial, loving, gracious bless
souls that you have known, II
would be a very long list-souls that
have gone into glory. Now, do you
not suppose they have enriched the So
Have they not improved Heav.
en-? You tell of what Heaven did for
them Have they done nothing for
Heaven? Take all the gracious souls
have gone out OF your aequaiut-
aneeship, and add 10 them all the gra-
and beautiful souls that for 500
Or 1000 years have gone out Of all the
cities and all the villages, and all the
countries Of this earth into glory, aud
how the society OF Heaven must have
been improved Suppose Paul, the
apostle, were introduced into our So
,ial circle on earth; but Heaven has
added all the apostles. Suppose Han
nah Moore and Charlotte Elizabeth
we're introduced into your social circle
earth; but Heaven has added all the
blessed and the gracious and the holy
women OF the past ages Suppose that
Robert M'Cheyne and John Summer.
ield should be added To your earthly
,ircle! but Heaven has gathered mp ali
he faithful and earnest ministry OF
he past. There is not q town, or
,ity, or q village that has so improved
society in the last 100 years u
Heaven has improved.
But you say. Hasn't Heaven always
been perfectS' oh, yesl but not In the
'ense that II cannot be augmented. II
las been rolling on In grandeur. Christ
been there, and lie never changes
same yesterday, to-day and for
'ver; glorious then, and glorious now
glorious forever. But / speak
OF attractions outside OF this, and
have 10 tell you that no place on
iarth has improved In society az
Heaven has within the last 20 years;
or the most Of you within 10 years,
20 years, within ave years.
n year; In other words, BY
accessions from your own house
hold. II Heaven were placed In groups
an apostolic group 4 patriarchai
group, a prophetic group, group OF
martyrs, group Of angels, and then q
group of your own glori6ed kindred
which group would you choose? You
might look around and make compari.
son, but 1t would not take you long 10
choose You would say give me back
those whom / loved on earth; let me
,nterinto their society-my parents, nv
children, my brothers. my sisters. We
lived together on earth, let us live TO-
In Heaven" Oh, is Il moi a
blessed thought that Heaven has been
improved by its society-this COLOMBIA.
lion from earth TO Heaven?
Again: ! remark that Heaven has
improved In the good cheer Of
announced victories. Where Heaven
'eJoieed over n soul, It now ~reioices
100 or l, O00. In the olden times.
when the events of human life were
'cattered over four or Eve centuries Of
iongeYity, and the world moved slow
y, there were not so many stirring
vents TO be reported In Heaven; but
now, suppose, all the great events Of
,arth are reported In Heaven. II
here is any truth plainly taught In
his Bible 1t is said Heaven is wrapped
up in sympathy with human history. J
md we look at those In yentions of the
isy-at teiegraphy. at swift eommu-