The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1902-02-13

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the wayside, falls SO there is a germ
lof life left full 81 light that We feel in
| the BEAUTIFUL stream of life's journey
and lifts us all into The grand opening
| into the eternal light, where there IS
no more change, only q grand march
Ion up the great steps Of time--on mp
the heights, where we will know that
! we can claim orr inheritance.
| There are no more barriers laid be-
\ f0retus mo more idle tonguesto speak.
lAll lis one grand move towards knoWl-
edge, towards the fountain that brings
Jus Joy. There is no more stopping
Iby the wayside; only to gather the
4 flowers of truth and The seeds OF kind
\ ness, that they may come back and
! scatter them over the mortal minds,
THAT they may spring forth and bloom
! in their way and bud more knowledge
leach day.
This world is full of laws aud con-
Editions full Of laws you do not I'M.
derstand. The conditionaiforce that
4 lie around you, you may not feel them
as they are, but they move you Just
1.-THE same, and help You TO know that
1.-THE great brigftworld that lies around
IyOu proves to you to-day that there is
a law that forces you into the eternal
ports; that has forced US here; that
! has made you know that you are lly-
ling, moving beings and that your pow
/ ers are not lost in this earthly life;.
THAT there are laws and conditions
| that help You to know and feel the
power that moves you on and on
throughout eternity. and speaks TO
you the knowledge you have longed
| for.
You do not knowtiie JOY it is totus
when the knowledge comes home to us
and that knowledge is only brought
| TO us by the passing away sometimes
Of those we love; by the change com
ling to one Of our own family. Then
we stop to harn, to think; then we
take time to rest; and when this great
world, SO full of mystery, SO full OF
an anxious mind to gain more money.
more property, more goods OF The
earth, closes around us at last, then
we settle back and learn where we are,
know who we are, what conditions
move us; and then we rejoice; then we
are happy to know that mortals can
at last sit down and think over the
great word that has spoken to you
Death. There is no death. 1t is only
a stopping to consider, to think, to
learn; only a way laid open before
you where you can gain knowledge
that a man Is an entity in the great
world below, and that he has right
to the great world above.
see you all i know you all. You
are too me my power, my strength.
love to feel you here. | love to know
that can meet you aud give you one
sweet word of joy. To love Is God,
and harmony is heaven. Heaven Is
not gained by one short condition, by
a change called death. Heaven is with
in your reach, to-day. ] feel it here.
I feel the grand harmony, filed with
sympathy, that rolls past my spirit.
/ feel the breath of angels gathering
near, and feel the glorious awakening
to see one that has passed away
see him as he moves IN his spirit
form! see his face wreathed with
smiles Of Joy that life has come to him,
and that the old pain, the old sickness
and the old conditions Of clay have
passed him. He does not even want
to think of them. He only wants to
reioice with the loved ones who have
been with him. He wants to know that
you know he is here, and that you'll
know he is not dead that he is more
alive to-day than he ever was before.
That he is happy; that his face is
Wreathed in an angelic smile; and
to know that he can come back and
smile and sing and be so happy with
you all.
Friends, this is a grand thought!
This is a grand, noble philosophy that
has come to the world for centuries.
The dear old spirit world has been
knocking for entrance, coming to
bring knowledge to the world; to free
the world from ignorance. Oh! the
dear teachings of Spiritualism that
has brought to us this noble change.
this proof, this grand revelation; this
noble work that science has proven is
beyond doubt; that the gentle lives
that have come closer and ,closer.to
the old material world have at last
gained this entrance, and the spirit
Of truth, the spirit Of knowledge, the
spirit of good, can steal into the
homes and feel as free to speak today
as a great king sitting on a throne
of earth. 1t moves the earth, moves
the waves of life and makes it bright
and grand.
Oh! that truth is grand. The great
fountain Of knowledge is my life, my
haven and my home. The cup OF JOY
is overlooking to know that one more
soul is happy, one more mortal has
thrown off the earthly conditions, and
stands here tree-a free, living mortal.
The old sickness, pain and distress;
the old body that has kept the spirit
cramped that has kept the mind down
to the old earthly form, is at last
free. The old key of nature has
turned at last in the door of his cell
and let out the spirit SO free to sal
in space--to gain eternity.
There can be many grand words
said of the dear spirit as it was re-
membered here in it's earthly form.
He was noble; he was honest; he was
all that nature intended him to be. He
was full of sympathy, full of love, OF
cheer. His word was honest, his
word was his bond. And all that
need be said of that sacred truth can
be said of him to-day, and that is why
we so rejoice. He was dutiful son,
a loving brother; and his dear hand
did not fail to help all who came in
his road. And so to-day he can stand
so free, so able to assist you, SO able
to help you carry the great strain of
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