The Daily Missoulian., 1909-09-16
HOLINESS IS HEAVEN
SAYS MINISTER
DIR. n. o. 6REEDEN DELIVERS
BEAUTIFUL SERMON IN
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

Before an audience that left no
more room I'm the house DIR. III. o.
Breeden delivered one of the most
tenderIy beautiful sermons ever heard
in Missoafia in the Christian church
last night. Taking for his text the
first verse OF the 18th chapter of John.
he spoke in part as follows:
III sim spells hell, h-o-I-i-n-e-s-s
spells heaven. for hell is no more the
result of sinful living than heaven Is
the result Of holy living. III misery
i inseparabIc from sin. happiness is
inseparable from holiness Heaven is
holiness.
4 am interested in heaven because
/ have loved ones there. and | expect
to 60 there when this fitful dream
called life is over. Il there any man
who feels no Interest i'm the present
whereabouts of lost loved ones? Can
mother who cannot sleep Till she
knows that her child is safe in bed
be indifferent concerning the state of
those she has laid away i'm Gods
acre. Heaven cannot but be inter-
esting to the heart that is sad be-
cause of the vacant seat at the
satisfactory word with which to dis
miss the question of another life. The
other life-the spiritual life-fs the
real life. The things that are seen
are temporal. the things that are not
seen are eternal To dismiss the
other world Is To dismiss the only
world that viii endure. This life is
only so spans long The other life Is
at "a
worthy Of his thought eternity. that
he may devote his whole attention to
a fragment of times
What and where Ii heayeno It is
where God Is. and what God il In His
beautiful and tender attributes
where and what the Father is. Abra-
hams bosom was the shelter and COM
fort of the patriarchai arms. Heaven
IL all that Is meant by the Infinite ]
arms
Heaven Is perfection of beauty
the beauty of hoIiness-the beauty of 1
whiteness. In order To its perfect
satisfaction and pleasure the eye de-
mands absolute harmony In form and
color. Heaven viii be perfect vision
absolutely noffended-perfectly salts
fled
Heaven Is social perfection. 1t is
blessed companionship. No man who
prefers eternal solitude to eternal
fellowship could enjoy heaven. 1t Is
the assembly of saints-the fellowship
of kindred spirits.
Heaven Is perfect knowledge. We
shall know as we are known we
shall see Him as He Is Even In this
world men find sweetest pleasure In
finding out things worth knowing.
Coming To larger and larger measures
of knowledge will be one of the lows
of heaven.
Heaven is perfect service and wor-
ship. The greatest thrill of joy ever
experienced by the Jewish people
came during those annual visits to
the holy city, when. led by the great
temple choir the great throngs lifted
M their voices In praise tn the God
of Hosts. The joy of praise will be
one of the chiefest joys Of heaven.
Heaven will be perfect compensa-
ton" As an illustration of compen-
sation the eloquent preacher quoted
Rfley's tender little poem. Don't cry,
little girl. don't cry"
I'VE shall be satisfied, we shall feel
fully compensated for all that we have
been called upon To suffer, when we
shall see the things that were born
OF our sorrows. Ii the statue could
think II would rejoice in the blows of
mallet and chisel of which its beau-
ties We're born"
In connection with the sermon Pro-
fessof saNton sang two tauchngly
heantlfnl and appropriate solos.
DR. Breeders subject tonight will
he, What Arc the Wages Of Sine"