Newport weekly independent., 1903-04-24
Copyright, 1905, by ]. NJ. Edson.)

I ings, and some others move because | larger accommodations are made nec- essary by growing families. And house hunting is part of the experience. At | this season of the year the tramp of many feet are heard as they hurry hither and thither in search of home, and, verify, they find what they seek after. It is a long and weary hunt | which the homeseeker pursues, gener- ally. He knows the number of rooms
 needed and the price he can afford to pay, and he seeks until he gets what | he wants. He will not take five rooms when he wants seven rooms. He will
 not pay $40 per month when he can
 only afford to pay $25 or S3O. He knows new home must be found and he is faithful in his search until it is found. Man is very faithful and thoughtful in care of the physical man. Strange, | is 1t not, that he is so careless of his souls needs? The soul which is shel- tered temporarily in house of clay
 will need permanent abiding place some day. Why not exercise the same | wisdom in providing for the souls needs as is displayed in looking after the needs of the body? Why not be as diligent in house hunting for the soul | as in hunting for the earthly dwelling in which to shelter and rest the body? Abraham looked for the Heavenly city.
 but l do not read anywhere that he ever suffered for lack of physical things. In fact, he had very com fortable time of it, even though he did not roll in the fat and ease and pleas
 ure of the Jordan valley. He liked to get on the mountain tops and look off toward the city with foundations
 which God had built. And, while he
 sought first the things above, all the
 other things were added to him. Lot,
 on the other hand, pretty nearly for | got all about his Heavenly home and
 looked down with worldly eyes on Jor- dams fair valley. He found a dwelling
 place there, but he had such miser able time of it, notwithstanding all | the luxury and pleasures, that Gods Word declares he was ''veXed with the | filthy conversation of the wicked, for that righteous man dwelling among
 them. in seeing and hearing, veXed
 his righteous soul from day to day | with their unlawful deeds.'
 TT HE saddest scene before Heaven
 and earth is the deathbed which
 sees no light of hope beyond the grave. But the soul whose mansion is awaiting it in the city which God has built can say with Paul: For to me to live is Christ, and to die is | gain." ''For we know that, if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eter- nal in the heavens" That beautiful deathbed scene in little town in few days ago by the newspapers, could never have come to glorify the sadness of that bereft home if the l one whose soul was leaving the earth ly house of flesh had not secured | through faith in Jesus Christ a new | home in Heaven The dear mother had lain for five days in a death stu DOT. The husband and children watched by the bedside, hoping for
 
 eyelids twitched and then opened, a glad smile lit up the face, and her voice, clear but faint, said: "Too long has my spirit been held in this | temple of clay. Friends, loved ones, in | the great beyond there are peace and | happiness; l am of it and I see you all. know you all and tell you that we | shall meet over there. Father and
 mother are with me now. Good-by!" An, tell me, in the~light of Gods | Word and such a scene as this. does | it not pay to secure home in Heaven
 by accepting Jesus Christ as Saviour? | Do you suppose there is enough wealth and honor and power in this world to tempt those sorrowing loved ones to part with the memory of the dear mothers last words which told of Heavenly mansions and peace and happiness eternal? They l knew then if they never realized it before that home in Heaven was worth more than all the world could offer, flor what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and lose | his own sOul?
 TT HE New Home Secured-There is
 l very great satisfaction and conl- fort in the knowledge that the new home is secured. The weary house
 hunter can smile triumphantly and
 forget the tired feet and aching head when he knows that his quest has ended successfully. The weary, tired, butfeted soul of man can never know what rest and peace and satisfaction are until it has gone house hunting with Jesus Christ and knows that i his name is written in the register of Heaven which entities him to man. sion there when the earthly house of flesh will no longer hold the undying soul. The world does not know and cannot know what real satisfaction and joy are, because only God and the hope of Heaven can satisfy the long i ings and yearnings of the soul. Even the infidel Ingersoll, who professed