The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-04-06

rem in the creation, and we, His breth-
rem in the redemption Of the cross
know that we are dear to God, 1or
God so loved the world that He gave
His only begotten Son to die for US.
l have to travel a good deal in my
work. as you know. Very often wake
early in the morning. and lit the cur
tain of my sleeping car that may
see where we are. and what the pros
rects 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 and 1 look at the lake and out
there l can see things mirrored. IL
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 anu
there is Mars. I didn't have TO looh
up. looked down and saw it reflected.
And then I would see the round ORD
of the morn and I could see what
phase of the moon was on by looking
down as I could by looking above.
Then I have seen the wind set the
CLASSY surface into waves, and 1t wouio
be only belts of broken light. Ihat IS
the way it is in human society. we
are looking down upon the world whlcn
reflects human weaknesses, human SIN,
human passions. There isn't a CLASSY
place to reflect the glory OF christ III.
There are all kinds Of passions at WORK
and the best that we can see is the
rutf1ed surface of humanity. but see
bars of light that are on the sur1ace'
then. when I look up see the glorious
Christ.
Now. finally, the glory of God in the
face of Jesus Christ is revealed, not
only as q revelation, not only TOR IN
spiration. but for reward. How tull
the New Testament is of this idea tnaI
the sight of Jesus Christ shall be the
reward of the saint and the Old Iesta-
ment, too: "My eyes shall see the
King in His beauty" I'VE shall be sat.
is6ed when we wake in His likeness
I'VE 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-
trine? %
We who are here this morning, II
we believe In God we shall not only see
those who have gone before, who have
been in our homes, but the great am
bition Of a devoted soul Will De- grau-
fied-we shall see God.
Blessed are the pure in heart, ior
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 ana
the renewal of our hearts and the
sanctification of our spirit, until we
can say the Lord hath made me Wnlter
than snow. We walk with ENm, our
hand is in His hand and our head IS
on His bosom. He carries US when
we are weak, as 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 hu-
mutation, but in His exaltatlon; not
as a babe in the manger, but as a KING
of the universe; not as humbled pe-
fore PLATE, but as ruling all things
and Judging all things.
I believe in heaven because believe
in God. I do not know where 1t is, 1
think that am convinced that 1t is
condition rather than place. This is
shown by the parable of Dives and
Lazarus, one in paradise and one IN
hell. yet they could talk across the
gulf. That must have been mora
rather than physical. But I do not
know that if God is everywhere, my
soul shall soar through space and tnd
Him everywhere. It may be that
heaven is everywhere, as God is every
where to the dev0ut soul.