Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-12-11

called on Brother Tilton yesterday
He tells me that new experience hal
entered into bis sightless life, bis life Of
what men call darkness. Although an
impenetrable curtain has been let down
over the windows through which he hai
looked on material and perishable things
for more than the three-score years and
ten, yet at times he can see men and
women passing before him as distinctly
as he ever saw them before this calamity
fell upon him. Sometimes . brilliant
light appears that is perfectly dazzling
as when one looks at tho sun. And
sometimes when he turns bis face to
the sky more stars appear than he ever
saw in the natural sky, new planets
away and away in the infinite spaces and
they have brightness unseen before
He calls It his world, and he realizes
that We do not and cannot see the things
that he sees.
Oil it isn't hallucination, for bis mind
Is clear and strong as the bodily infirmi'
ties will allow. Oftentimes when the
bodily powers decay the mind, the spirit,
the real and enduring man puts on
strength for his upward fight. D0n't
you think so?
The material eyes are almost an indis.
pensable convenience In this material
world. l don't think any one will dis
pute that proposition. But there are
eyes that will never be closed, eyes that
can never be darkened eternity through.
There are those who deny 1t and call for
proof. Some of the best things of God
are to be taken on trust. Some say in
their hearts that there is no God. l be-
lieve they stand at the foot of the class
in a Scriptural sense.
The boundary liue between Broth
er Tilton's world and our world,
as he calls them, cannot be wide, cannot
separate so very far. My experience has
been such that I feel to know that the
world to which VIC 60 Is not a long and
weary way off, by field and flood. !
have never seen visions, but have heard
the invisible choir just over the border.
You don't believe itp Well, no matter il
you don't, as long as know it aud take
comfort in the knowledge.
Did you ever read of the young man OF
Dothan who had a weakness of the knees
and sinking of the heart when the city
was comprised about with horses and
chariots and great hostP And he said,
"Fear not, for they that be with us are
more than they which be with them"
And Elisha prayed unto the Lord and
said: Lord, pray thee, open his eyes
that he may see." And the Lord opened
the eyes of the young man, and he saw,
aud behold the mountain was full OF
horses and chariots of fire round about
Elisha. Not the material eyes that look
GU material things, were opened, evident
ly, but the durable eyes that will look
on durable things and will never be
darkened. We're our eyes thus opened
should We look into vast emptiness?
Brother Tilton has proof that his world,
which Is but a vestibule of larger
world, is not a world of emptiness. The
idea abides with me that Heaven is not
necessarily a fixture beyond the ever
present Gods eternal stars.
Mrs. NJ. of Northwest Bethel: You
spoke of the blue jays destroying the
festive hornet. I presume that you are
correct. You generally are. cannot
tell. | did not know that there were
any dead hornets. haven't missed any
Why don't you come down and visit
those who love youP JOHN
land that takes in me, with your hus,
bands consent