Catoctin clarion., 1905-04-06

rem Ill the creation, ana we, Ills DrcJn-
rem in the redemption of the cross,
know that we are dear to God, for
| God so loved the world that He gave
His only begotten Son to die for us.
l have to travel good deal in my
work, as you know. Very often wake
early in the morning, and lift the cur
tain of my sleeping car that may
see where we are, and what the pros.
poets are. Sometimes it is clOuded,
sometimes it Is clear. There are pools
in the bitches beside the tracks, or
perhaps we are running alongside the
lake ard l look at the lake and out
there l can see things mirrored. 1t
has been a great pleasure to me some
times to pick out the stars. Why there
Is Orion and there is Sirius, there is
the big dipper and there is Jupiter and
there is Venus, the morning star, and
there is Mars. | didn't have to look
up, looked down and saw it reflected.
And then l would see the round orb
of the morn and l could see what
phase of the moon was on by looking
down as l could by looking above.
Then l have seen the wind set the
CLASSY surface into waves, and it would
be only belts of broken light. That is
the way it is in human society. We
are looking down upon the world which
reflects human weaknesses, human sin,
human passions. There isn't Il CLASSY
place to reflect the glory of Christ in.
There are all kinds Of passions at work
and the best that we can see is the
ruffled surface of humanity. but see
bars of light that are on the surface,
then, when look up see the glorious
Christ.
Now, finally, the glory of God in the
face of Jesus Christ is revealed, not
only as a revelati ton, not only for in
spiration. but for reward. How full
the New Testament is of this idea that
the sight of Jesus Christ shall be the
reward of the saint and the Old Testa-
ment. too: "My eyes shall see the
King in His beauty" I'VE shall be sat
isfed when we wake in His likeness
"We shall see Him and know Him as
He is How many more passages does
your memory bring up out of your
religious education that teach this doc
trinc?
We who are here this morning, it
we believe in God we shall not only see
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been in our homes, but the great am
btion of devoted soul will be graft.
fied-we shall see God.
blessed are the pure In heart, for
they shall see God. According to the
measure of our inward purity do we
seem to see God here. When we shall,
by the washing of regeneration and
the renewal of our hearts and the
sanctitiCation of our spirit, until We
can say the Lord hath made me whittier
than snow. We walk with Him. our
hand is in His hand and our head is
on His bosom. He carries us when
we are weak, as n shepherd carries the
lamb. He heals our disease, He COM
forts US in our sorrows. He IS in our
homes when we are there in our shops
when we are there, in the streets when
we are walking, on the sea when we
are sailing.
We shall see Christ. not in His hui
imitation, but in His cXaltation; not
as a babe in the mangcr. but as king
of the universe; not as humbled be-
fore PLATE, but rs ruling all things
and judging all things.
| believe in heaven because | believe
in God. | do not know where it is, |
think that | am convinced that it is
condition rather than place. This is
shown hy the parable of Dives and
Lazarus one in paradise and one in
hell. yet they could talk across the
gulf. That must have been moral
rather than physical. But | do not
know that If God is everywhere, my
soul shall soar through space and lind
Him everywhere. 1t may be that
heaven is everywhere. as God is every
where to the dcyout soul.