Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-11-03

Heaven whCrr there is Somcthin to do.
That Is the meaning of the passage,
They rest not day nor night" in the
lazy sense of resting.
speak these words On the changes
in Heaven aud the new improvements
in Heaven; aiS, brcauS. | want to cure
some of YOU of the delmSi,i that your
departed Christian friends have gonG
into dullnrSS and silence and uncon'
seriousness. They are in stirring.
picturesque, radiant. cvcr-accumu ativc
sc,-lc. When they left their bodie =.
I the, only got rid Of ,f- last hindrancr
| They are no more in lakewood. laurel
| Hill or Mount Auburn than YOU. in hul-
iday attire, having seated yourself at II
banquet can b. slid To h, in "a dark
closet. where you have left the old APP
parcl that was not fit to wear at the
banquet. A soldier can not see Il
sword until he has uEShcathSd il: aud
( the body Of your departed was only the
sheath If u bright and glittcring spiri,
! which tiod has lifted and il swavinr in
! the heavenly triumph.
According Ia what | am telling ynl
at present. ynur departed Christian
friends did not "a 50 much into the
company of the martyrs. and tile apr.
ties. and the prophets. and the putcna
tatc> of Heaven. a. into the company
of grandfather and grandmothrr. aud
. the infant sister that tarricd Just long
enough To absorb Your tcudcrcSt affcc-
ti"n and all the home circle When
they landed it was not ~ Won land in
/ Antwerp, or Hamburg. or lIavrc. wan
} dcring upa strange wharf. looking at
, strange faces. asking for u strange no,
! tel. They landed amid Your gInriiic,
relatives. who were awaiting to- greet
| them.
oh. does not this bring Heaven near
err? Instead of being far off. il comes
down just now. and it puts its arm,
Rrpnud our necks. and we feel it,
breath an our faces. II mclts the frig
! i'll Splcndor OF the conventional HEAVIER
into "A domestic scene. 1t comes very
c'ose To III. If we had our choice in
heaven. whom would W. first sec,
Rather than look at the great potcn
tatcS of Heaven we would meet oul
loved ones. | want To see Moses and
Paul and Joshua. but | would n great
deal rather see my Z; Their. who went
away 80 years ago. ! want to see the
great Bible hcroincs Deborah and
Hannah and Abigail. but | would
rather see my mother than to see thl
archangcl.
do not think il was supcrstitiouS
one Wcdne sday night stood by whcr
denthbcd. within n few blocks of the
church where ! preached. and ON tn,
same street. and saw one of the aged
Christians of the church going into
glory. After ! had prayed with her
said To her: I'VE have all loved YOU
very much. and will always cherish
your memory in the Christian church
You will see my son before | see him
and | wish you would give him oul
love" She said. Il will. | will" and in
% minutes She was in iicaven-the last
words she ever spoke. II was swift
message to the skies. If you had
your choice between riding in Z
Heavenly chariot and occupying thu
grandest palace in Heaven. and sitting
on the throne next highest the thron:
of God. and not seeing your dcpartct
loved ones: and. on the other hand
dwelling in the humhlest place in
Heaven. without crown or throne. ard
without garland. and without sccptcr
yet having your loved ones around YOU
you would choose the latter. | say
these things because want you tt
know that it is n domestic Heaven. ant
consequently 1t il all the time improv
ing. Every ore that goes up makes il
brighter place. and the attraction.
are increasing month hy month ant
day by day. and Heaven. 81 vastly NOR,
of "A Heaven. thousand times more %
a Heaven. than it used TO be. will BE- /;
better Heaven yet. Oh. ] say this t.
intensity your anticipation.