The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-10-06

rake who was 20 busy rsking over gold CONG
on the earth that be couldn't see the angels
hoyenng found. Since this visible world Is
surrounded BY the invisible, since the king.
dom Of heaven IL at hand, since God Is n
bis world, IL his kingdom those who have
entered into that isytible kingdom ulay be
here. close beside ia
In the visions AMI 4reams Of sleep re
sometlfnes sec cur ffienis Who have gone,
We hear sweet ins II music toe high and
hne f5r mortal ears, ~ ga,eH yl.mtseS II
"besaty far above as, and ~ VA IN the
morning With feeling q having seen VISITED
by holy and peaceful presence. Even in
childhood We 1onser That shere S such an
event as men call aes,h. Tie Iast ncts u
The ehfld are essentially pure an t.se And
the limitations + our earthly na,4f- come Ia
The child as ssrprise. L IS q .no4le,lge
which saddent it, native -. SAYS the pod
Nor3Irorth
oar birth ia bat sleep and forgetting;
The soul that risSH with uE-ouF LIES star
HAth lad saewhsre ita ssttiaK
And coms,k from A5Ay.
Nct ia entire forgstfHlnsss,
Aud rot IN stter naked ssss.
bnl naiirE elosos q slory do We come
RON 900, who 10 Our home.
hrhcf, IN season Of calm weather,
IhtnEh Inland far usbe,
Our Iogls Laws siEht Of that N moral sea
Whlen broBght ss hIther,
8 al IL a moment travel thithsE
AND sse tbs children sp1rt pon the shore.
ana btAi The mighty waters ro.l nF svetmore-~
81. John Tie Divine hea,d, as It we're, the
voice Of gteat r.sitit1de an as the voice If
many waters AM he saa ne h1ly city. If
our eyes were str nger T. - ana su. souls
more sensitive b. heavenly s..--s, > might be
that Ne should BEE lie heavens an tie Earth
filed with mighty lbs. a. Ia. .-c y5ngs
together an the ssas Il 5o1 shouted f1r
JOY.
Our friends "h9 isve g9ne seem t. raw
nearer T. Us u We + tleu = We grow oIder
As, a; the going Own r re s7n 3aYlgR
begins - fac and IT, s.a.s come CIT, one ~
9ne, =, as We near .ife's sunset - or de-
par,ei irends seem nearer and Their presence
more real.
SHAH ve recognize them, sn5a them in
Tia, unseen country We T. note the
, words u Dr Lyman A1J5.t an RAE hem
nine own; "We certainly saa.! + ,aere S a
heaven" Then, TO taere al.i ne. fnend-
SIP = formed h,gaer, holIer an Farer than
any fere. But a. the 1awn.ng light d the
eternal day breaks II upon the sous + hose
who x before 1t seems 70 M that .rst Of all
one vii meet them arrayei n light as Nth
Carmen, and that in the gi5ry Of hat light
they will rejoice with exceeding great joy.
Il IS enough for IS t. Know that our friends
q to Jesus. "Strong son # God, Immortal
Love he precise locality IS Mt for our
knowledge. Will there be work for Is TO
do there Oh shall we enter into state Of
enjoyment without active exertions
Let no one think Of heaven as place
where we shall sit stll and b nothing.
What greater enjoyment IS there thar the
ut II 49, EfrrnAet
capacities that we have for & AMI anseL-
hsh purpose
says William Ellery Claiming: They
who reach that world enter IN q safe Of ac-
ton, life, effort. We are ap; to think Of the
future world as 50 happy tha. nane need the
aid Of others, that effort ceases, I'd. The good
have nothing 10 DO but to en- = The truth
is that all action on earth even re lnteHsest,
is but the sport Of childhood compared with
the energy and activity d that CHER lie.
II must be 80. For VIA, principles are Sc
active as intellect, hensv9ience, the love Of
truth, the thirst for perfection, sympathy with
the suffering and devotion = Gs1is purposes2
And there are the ey~r-e1panilng principles
Of the future life. There Il IS that the spirit
first becomes conscious 4 its Capacities, that
truth opens before Us IN = inhn..y; that the
universe is seen t te ! haGndless sphere for
discovery, for science, fer the sense u beauty,
for benehcence an1 flr alteration. These
new objects 10 live r, which reduce to Moth
ingness present interests are constantly I'M
folding. We must not think + heaven as 4
stationary community
> then We may think 4 heaven as Place
for the inteutest exercise f intellect f5t IN
selfish pup 5ses, Tor the manifestation ard
expression + sympathy, f4r the unfoiIng and
nourishment Of lie.
There we shal. Know "9ar Father " 10 is
in heaven" FAR more truly ian ~ know Him
here. his truth that He who IS the Infinite
Coz S Our Father IS the foundation Of our
hnre an ior