Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-02-09

cannot fly so high as not to have it in the
nostril or under wing. And what at
fluence OF sunlight No one but the in
finite God could dispense so much of it.
The golden candlestick set on the blue
mantel of the heavens! So great that the
Almighty is compared TO il, the psalmist
crying out, The Lord God is a sun" Ii
is high time that we recognize in our
liturgies and in our formulas of prayer
the three most abundant blessings of the
universe which come 90 all
Trust Thoroughly in God.
Now. is it not time that we all began
mere thoroughly to trust the Lord? We
trust him with our souls, why not trust
him with our bodies? We trust him with
our spiritual interests, why not trust him
with our temporal interests? We believe
what is said to us by an ordinarily hon
est man. | could not anger you so much
or make your checks so burn with indig-
nation as to doubt your truthfulness, and
how do you suppose the Lord of heaven
and earth feels when YOU doubt him, as
he declares in the text, Say yc to the
righteous that it shall be well with him"
Such a promise rs that ought to calm
your pulses aud irradiate your countc-
ture; for, after all, it makes but little ait-
ference what becomes of us here il We
come out at the right place, amid the
right surroundings and in the right COM
partnership. What are the twenty or
eighty years of terrestrial stay compar-
ed with the centuries the millenniums.
the acons of our chief lifetime, which
we are to begin when we quit this i'm
ii f1o
pared with the size of other w0rldsp
This world is only school house for
heaven. We learn here only the \ Il q
of n higher literature, or the simple adj
dition and subtraction OF an infinite
mathematics and are practicing the eight
notes of an eternal harmony. The most
important question any man ever asks
is, What win be my 1estiny?' With
CT am | bound?" Where shall | landY'
what is the terminus of this short
iourncy?' Now, child of God do not
worry about that 1t shall be we'll with
you in your next state of existence. We
know but little about heaven. There is
but little concerning it IN the Bible and
that is on the last Jew pages and is most
~ tigurative. DO you know the reason
WHY | suppose il is because if we knew
would be untitled for our duties here.
We would feel that we were standing in
the vcstbule of II great Luxembourg aud
would want TO 40 right in and see the
glories; or. standing in the portico Of IA
temple. and would want to get inside
among the worshipcrs. SO we are ALLOW
ed to hear only one bar of the music ami
| to see one fold of its upholstery and catch
,,ls Of | L.
only rough draft of your celestial resi-
| dcncc, but | can authoritatively state
| that the world to which you are destined
is big world, a brilliant world sinleaS
| world, a joyful world, an endless world
! and world in touch with other worlds.
The World BEYOND This.
Some scientists are now discussing the
opening Of communication between our
earth and the planet Mars. Experiments
are being made, but they will not sue
| eeed. We cannot build fire large
enough &c attract the attention of that
world or lift lens powerful enough 10
see any response intcrstellar. We do not
| positively know that that world is occu-
| pied by living beings or that If it is oc-
| cupied communication with them would
| be desirable. 1T might not be- so good
world as this. and thus communication
with it would he debasing. But | rejoice
to know shat heaven is in touch with
other worlds for their improvement and
depot for glorious arrivals. 1t il IL
thorouChfurc between this world and that
world and n coming and going perpetual.
| Going ont Of this world is as natural MS
coming into it. but the one is with pang
| and the other is with rapture if we arr,
| fitted for the uplifting process Ii shall
| be well with you. Now, do not get So
| frightened about that asthma or that
cough or that influenza or that threaten
| cd pneumonia. The worst thing that
| fatal disease can do is to usher yon into
| coronation and enforcement. II shall
| he well with you. Take as good care OF
| your health as you can, have all SAM
| tary laws, keep in this world as long ms
you are permitted to stay and then when
| the heavenly call comes be glad TO 20.
| do not care much about what your
last words are going to be. People
put too much emphasis on last words
/ would rather know what your words
are now, in days Of health aud with men
tai faculties in full play--your words Of
kindnt s.. your words Of sympathy, your
words of helpfnlness, your words OF
prayer. SO live that If You say not "a
word during the last day Of your life
there will be no doubt here about the
place Of your destination, You viii go
right into sanity, prophetic, eyangelis-
tic. apostolic, cherubic, seraphic, archan-
gclic, dciic presence.
1t shall be well with you. Mother,
you will 90 right up into the possession
of the babe that the scarlet fever or Group
took ont of your arms, sorrow that
still stings you, and you often say she
would now be SO many years old il she
had lived. You viii go into the presence
Of the old folks, for | hope you are of
Christian ancestry, and you viii find that
they have no dimness Of sight or hating
gait that requires "a staff, for they have
taken draft from the fountain Of per
pc,ual youth that springs from under
the throne of God. Oh, the bissful com
partnership OF heaven in which yon shah
putar II shoIi br tynll with won | ring