The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-10-06
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I A sermon prssshs1 By O n. Paine. soF+h
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Te1-Het. 10. The power ofan end
less lite
1hc i5es 4 hsaYen and the future life IS
often separatei. IN our thinking, from the
present. Future happiness - thought t. con-
sist in dwelling II s4me fIrauaY abode, with
out e2ertsen, efsn " SEED purpose. We
have thought Of deaven a. place "Nhere
Congregation No. brcak W. and Sa5baths
have no end, - a Fla4e uhefe the sezry are
at rest "On the 9tser - q Jordan. IN the
sweet fields Of kdeu.
TIM idea Of heaven : yeH far removed
from the teachings # lesal However cum
iJrting and consalng It's Ia nav BE d,
times il does not appear :. =. as teaching.
Jesus took up and repeated tte message Il
John Baptist which was, repent = the kuPs
Of heaven IS at hand. The frs, Bes,taGe
takes up the same truth f1r, the poor III s,..r.t
are not going to heaven. MT gong l. obtain
heaven, but theirs IS the kin3sm Il heaven,
present possession. In Mar ia jcsas
SAYS The kindom u God IS a. hand. How
different from the conception II heaven which
IS indicated in the Old Iestaueat. There il
is spoken Of as though il were far away. as
not God in the heigh, n heaven ''Goa
BOXED DOWN from heaven uila lie Children
d men"
Jesus said 10 his disciples. L is gwen t.
~ 10 know the mysteries # tt Kingdom 4
heaven. He lkens il 70 man Hha s9wed
god see1 IN his field. l. gan e mustard
see3 s.wn IN the held, 70 leasef, 80 'fea,lfe
hid in q field, = a merchant seesIE Eaoaly
pearls, t. net which ga,asr-' 4 very
KIN, our # which the good sas ta.ses-1 r.
10 vessels but the bad vas cast a"av. la5s
leafs US = think Of the king r. = raven
as present here with Us. not la1as-i q SOM
remote land ~ high above VI IN tie f4r r
skies, but all around Us on eYcry han ,,t8t =
IS here, that its light shines INTO our sJuls
SO then, VIC can draw No ine ae,"e.a tins
life and what We call the next Ii. L s a.
3ae lie, tit2e and eternity are a. n. There
IS no division in reality, whatever distinction
has been made IS an artificial one W. are
in eternity now, for that matter. i IS ~.
dent that the departed are IN tie nea, world,
arc in eternity, as we say, then since thcv are
in eternity now there can be n difference II
the absolute time OF the t"g worlds. For,
We are here and they are there al tic SAINT
moment
SO then, the next life or the future life ex-
lists along side OF and during and al the same
time as this life. We can point to no ya~n
ing chasm OF separation there IS no impsss-
able gull between the two, L IS all one life
We must give up the confused and misleai
ing conception OF the present life and the
future life, for the conception Of an endless
life. That is what It IS. We have the power
of an endless life through likeness 10 Him
"who only hath immortality
This present life, then. IS surrounded, en-
compassed, interpenetrated, by larger,
wider, deeper life. This world that We can
touch and walk upon IS the counterpart Of an
unseen world, that is lmperoeptible to our
senses.
To illustrate, man goes to telegraph
Office to send message. He writes 1t upon
q piece of paper, the operator takes j, and
sends it over the wire Obviously, he does
not send the paper on which the message IS
written. He uses the electric cGrrent some
times called fluid, though that does not at
all accurately describe It's nature Its real
nature is unknown. The electric current IS
the force that enables the operator 10 make a
record spon the receiver At the other end Of
the wire which is interpreted by the operator
there. He writes the message upon another
piece Of paper and dispatches It to its destna-
ton. There is an unseen force, an unseen
reality that is employed by the telegra pher.
1t is mysterious, unexplained, but no one
doubts its existence, now, though there was a
time when men did not know OF its existence.
Still more remarkable is the later lnven-
ton Of wieless telegraphy which is now IN
successful operation. There is an unseen
force that is made use of to establish com
munication between two places. Why should
~ doubt ANY less the existence. of
world not far away, but here, not in the dim,
remote future but in the living present.
There are two worlds, the seen and The
unseen, the visible aRd the invisible. lheE
are closely connected So that one moves
within the other. like circle within circle.
The world of thought Of motive, affection
and purpose is as real as the world w. SET
our eyes upon more real But We cant set
our eyes upon thought nor measure Il with
foot rule An apple TAILS to the - 4nd,
the force Of grayitation exists as s1rely as
bodies have weight. Not only are there Two
worlds, but we are inhabitants Of two worlds
already. We live in the visible w4r- an
We live in the invisible and We make one
minister to the other. And il We live 4 the
invisible world here and now and there IS n
! doubt that men do why should We cease q
do 50 when the windows through Wish the
soul looks out are darkened2
We are inhabitants OF an invisible world N
more senses than one. For instance, We axe
surrounded by the atmosphere, we can't see
| il, only its effects when in motion. We stand
on the rocky shore OF the ocean and watch
the tide come rolling IN with vast, resistlesl
power We can't see the force that causes
/ it but We know it exists. So, We live in s