The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-11

reaches out into infinite possibilities.
These cannot be fulfilled without per
sonal Immortality. Without this all the
vast progress of centuries would be cut
on fruitless, even if in a way the genera
ton might carry ii on-some time the
planets will be destroyed and then all
the progress of the race be made to drop
into fruitless failure. No. nothing can
iulnil the promise of all the creative life
but personal Immortality Give the in
d!vidual soul full continuance and then
all the meaning of this mighty upward
struggle becomes apparent. II is thus
seen 70 pc goodness. truth and love work.
ing user out to Derfectness. This in
use outline is one of the evolutiOnists
arguments for immortality. The deeper
one goes INTO Il the more forcible il
seems Now let US accept the. suggestion
u oters as TO the relative worth of the
snlnss o. thiS life If we could only
redize that this spirit side of our lives
mat SIDE which is disinterested in its
motives. that which wishes to know the
uutn-to help others aud respect itself
va most literally and truly the life of
| God within us. II we could think of the
struggles which we have with temDta-
Ion as our part in the great work in
when God IS fulfilling his purposes If
these things could be real 10 us Wa
would become fully conscious that we
could defy the body's death.
BUT more than we need to be convinced
OF any future life. We need to be awaL-
ened TO the sweeter life of the spirit that
IS possible for US now. We are dead in
many parts of our nature and need to he
raised 10 newness of life. One person
IS deaf to music and feels no response
70 the yearninS of the violin or the soul
Surfing SIT organ tones He forgets to notice
5nat birds are singing OF chill
dren are laughing Ask the music
loving soul how much of life is
,ost to such an one? Another is dead
time as the time to plant HIS
nelds, or renew his stock of merchandise
Inc Wild flowers come Unnoticed tia
trees leaf out but he does not care. Ask
the children who haunt the fields and
WOODS 10 tell such a one how sweet is
the life which he leaves buried in his
care-Worn or careless heart
Another may be dead to earnestness of
purpose, the enthusiasm for righteous
ness has never risen from the grave of
his indifference The cause of truth has
no supporter in him, the life is no soul
stirring drama Of successes and failures
in the great strife for purity and honor
knight in the struggle against wrong III he
can tell how blessed is the life which Is
buried in such a careless. reckless exis-
tence.
Others may be conscious and careful
of their own moral life. but they care
not for others. The passion of service has
not touched them. The yearning sym
patty for others needs and others JOYS
has not come to be theirs. They do nor
know that love which fulflis the loss and
makes all duties a privilege and joy
Ask that soul where life in death is com
municated today. Ask Jesus and those
VINO, like him. have been burdened with
the blessed weight of love for others
and they can tell how divine is that life
which will arise when the stone of our
selnshness shall be rolled away.
II IL TO this resurrection of our better
natures. our spirit possibilities that we
would be called today. We want richer,
fuller. sweeter, more unselfish life now
We want that the great resurrection
season of nature should come in our
hearts and waken all our sleeping powers
10 do and to be.
"Tis life whereof our nerves are scant.
Oh life not death for which we pant
More life, and fuller. that we want"
Death is a thing to be feared but not
the death of the body. The death most
to be dreaded is that which makes rs
dead TO the keen delights of Thought and
study, the joys of nature. the blessed
ness of fellowship and unselfsh activity.
These are deaths which We may well
strive to flee But when we are thus
awe, when we are living true
wholesome. active lives. then there Is no
need to fear for aught that can happen
to our bodies.
1t is well that the strongest argument
the present time gives us for eternal life
is based upon the unlimited possibilities
OF our moral and spiritual natures. 1t is
simply another assurance that the way
to solve all the problems of our thinking
is by greater faithfulness in our living
No wonder that the first great wave
of faith in personal immortality that
came to man came because a life of love
and faith and Self-Sacrifice had gone out
of the flesh with the glorious life all
incomplete. the longed for work of others
all unfinished. No wonder Jesus disciples
knew that he was not dead No wonder
christiandom has centered the great faith
in the spirits deathlesSness about the
memory of one who represents the most
of life to its thought.
This glad spring time is full of hope
Hope for the new life which we feel
awakening in our spirits now and hope
and trust for all the future of that life
We and all that are dear to us. are
alike held in the embrace of eternal love
and tenderness. All is full of promise
and cheer.
Let us become a part OF the jOyOusness
May every sleeping fibre of our spirits
awake to glad spring time. Nothing but
this will bring comfort and peace. We do
not need the geography of heaven to
give us assurance and comfort We can
not be blessed that way. Our immortal
souls must give us peace and blessedness
or nothing can.
Do we yearn for dear ones gone from
US? Oh. let us on this Easter day press
nearer to the heart of God Ir is there
we shall find the loved ones. The ever
lasting arms enfold them and enfold us
Let us feel it and know il. Nearness to
God means nearness to them. One blessed
love holds an present and absent in its
infinite tenderness.
They cannot be where God is not,
On any sea or shore.
What ere betideS. thy love abides,
Our God forevsrmore-"