The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-20
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BAPTIST EvANulcLIsT AT SOUTH.
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Evangelist F. r. Marton of Louis- vile, Ky, arrived in the city yesterday to join in the Southside Baptist Church revival, and preached four times
 Tonight the evangelist will preach on Hell as Taught by Reasoning. Infidei- ity as Represented by Mr. Ingersoll, and by the Bible" showing that they agree. He will address himself to honest in- fidels. Tomorrow night the tubject will be, Some of the Horrors of Hell" This morning at 10 o'clock MT. Martin will speak on Have the Days of Miracles Passedy'
 Prof. J. T. Hailey, who has charge of the music, has a splendid choir or ganized, and is leading the people in some excellent congregational singing The evangelists are evidently deeply in earnest in their work and the people are crowding to the meetings.
 Yesterday morning Mir. Martin preached on Heaven" from the text John. xiv. 1.s The evangelist said in part:
 "Tbere is much theorizing about Heaven and hell, and among the vaga- ries of the day Is the popular expression that Heaven and he'll are not places. but conditions. Over against this Jesus says plainly, I go to prepare place for you He left this earth and went out into space. stating that He was going to prepare another place for us out in space where He went. This was, remember. before we had telescopes and the revelations of modern astronomy. Put, now, by the side of this promise of the Savior, statement from astron- omy Tn 1752 Tycha Brabe saw a star in the const citation of Cassiopea which gradually grew SO bright as to become visible at monday. It famed sixteen months and on the 18th of March. 1754 disappeared forever. Dr. Mason Goode observes that worlds and systems of worlds are perpetually disappearing. that within period of the last century no less than thirteen different consteila- liens seem to havc perished and ten CIV ones to have been created.
 Before our modern Knowledge of as- tronomy Jesus says He goes to prepare another place, and the scientist through his telescope says he has seen other places come into existence.
 But in the text. Jesus corrects an- other misconception Of heaven. He says that heaven Is large pface--In My Fathers house are many mansions People get the conception that hell is large and heaven Is small; whereas. the Scriptures put 1t just the opposite. 1t is true that a large majority of those who arrive at the age of accountabl1- ity go to hell. but, including heathen lands, possibly nine-tenths of the fu- man race die in infancy, and, blessed by God. the babe of the Jew and the Gentle. the infidel and the Christian. goes home to God when it dies, Tn My Fathers house are many mansions'
 Not only have we misjudEed heaven as to its being a place, and q large place, but also as to its joys. The vast majority of people look on the joys of heaven as almost wholly carnal. Paul says that we shall know as we are known. Perfect knowledge will be one of the joys of heaven. Sir Isaac Newton broke down and wept over in- creased knowledge.
 "You asked me why God allowed sin. I don't know; my knowledge is only partial, but blessed be God, I shall know. In hell. though. there will be eternal ignorance. If any man will be ignorant, let him be ignorant
 Another misconception of the joys of heaven Is that it will be eternal idfe- ness. likeness is hell, wherever you find 1t. Jesus says. Thou hast been faithful over a few things; will make thee ruler over many things Wider usefulness is Gods ideal of heaven. Are you disappointed at that being one of the joys of heaven? Have you never had your soul to thrill with joy over realizing that you have been useful? And Oh, to thinF of an existence of eternal usefulness!
 But asks one, will we know our loved ones in heaven?' Certainly. With our partial knowledge we know them here; with our perfect knowledge surely we shall know them there. And Gods word plainly teaches 1t. But, friends, the frequency of that question reveals q sad weakness of human na- ture; 1t shows that we put our loved ones above the Savior. He said, That where I am, ye may be- not where your loved ones are; yet we thrust Him in the background and give our loved ones the first place.
 An old Irishman who always was rejoicing over the thought of going to heaven was asked, Pat, what are you going to do when you get to heavenT It staggered Pat for moment. But his big Irish heart came to the rescue. and, with broad, tender smile spread ing over his face, he replied, And, faith, and I'll spend the first five hum dred years a-looking at the Lord Jaysus.' Old Mike, Pats father. had