Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30
Will We Know Each Other in
the Heavenly Home?

"A
thus writes me:
Your letters are a great comfort to
me, enjoy them so much. l lost my
dear brother and sister less than a year
ago. My brother was stricken down the
same day that DIR. FELTON, was stricken
with paralysis. But a few days inter-
vened between their deaths last year. j
had nursed this dear brother for years.
L prayed God to spare his life to me.
needed him so much, and am so desolate
without him.
IF 1 could only know that we will see
and know each other in the heavenly
home and spend eternity together,
would not shed another tear. Do you
believe we will know each other there?
l am an invalid, cannot work
but little but / do all l can, etc"
l am always careful in trying to an
sWer a question of this kind. We can
never know until we see the fact itself
and realize the exactness of our beliefs
of the great hereafter, but We do know
that there are many earthly mysteries
here while we are in the flesh which we
cannot explain, but which we know to
be facts all the same.
For instance. we see tiny little speck
of green on the decaying brick wall. We
understand that there is vegetable life
in that tiny speck of green. We see 1t
come forth in spring and disappear in
winter. But when spring comes again 1t
reappears and IL flowers and bears seed
and is continually reproduced in the same
way year after year, just speck In the
great world of matter. If the Almighty
Maker of heaven and earth can thus
care for and protect a tiny little seed
or rootlet why should He not reproduce
the lives of those who die and pass into
the Great Beyond?
The heavens are studded with stars,
and science tells us that each one is
world like ours and sometimes much
greater than ours. Yet this great system
of revolving worlds moves along like
clockwork, and has been revolving for
ages before US.
If His almighty power can bring us
here and keep US, until our change comes,
what. is there to hinder the thought that
we can go on into another existence and
be reproduced for eternal living?
We know nothing of where we lived
before we came here, and as truly we
know less than nothing of the great mere
after, until we pass from earth by what
we call the sleep Of death; but the power
of God is limitless. He can resurrect us,
inst as He breathed into the nostrils or
the first man until Adam became a living
soul.
have no doubt as to Gods power to
give us a reunion with the loved ana
lost in heaven.
l am the mother of four dear chilareh
who died in their childhood, the youngest
at 20 months old, and the eldest lived 10
be near IL years.
fully expect to see them in the sood
world If / am faithful to my duty mere.
have the consolation that l was a falths
fuI mother to them. There is no CLOUD
betwixt the mother and her dear little
ones Mistakes 1 made, without DOUBT
because we are all human and prone TO
err. but they were honest mistakes II
they we're errors of judgment; but ala
nv hest. and / have no reproaches 10
worry me, and my love for my onsprlns
was so pure in its strength and loyalty
that I feel that is also deafness MY
heavenly Father did not Willingly afiilct
me He doeth all things well. 1t was
hest for them and doubtless best for me
that He took them to Himself when they
were sweet and innocent and perfectly
love worthy.
Eve hath not seen and ear hath not
heard of all the good things that Goa
has I'm store for His faithful children
Let us trust His love-
NV every day prayer is for strength 10
do right and to live acceptably IN HIS
sight. until my change comes!