The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-18
DIR. n. LACY HoGE ON HEAVEN AND
RECOGNITION OF FRIENDS
THERE.
MEET FACE TO FACE
snow ! KNOW IN PART, BuT THEN
SHALL KNOW FULLY" Is
TEXT OF THE
PREACHER.

will We Know Each Other After
Death was the subject of the fourth
Of a series of sermons by Rev. b.
Lacy Hoge, of Emmanuel Baptist
church, on Russell and Russellism."
Dr. Hoge took as his text I CO.
Y rinthians Is: IL: For now we see
In q mirror darkly; but then face to
face. new / know In part; but then
shall know fully even as also was
fully known
To the question as to whether We
shall know each other after death,
said the pastor. poetry, philosophy
and revelation answer In the affirma-
tive Even as the pagan poets and
philosophers expected it. Homer in
His 05dessy represented Ulysses as
recognizing his mother In the spirit
world. Virgil draws u similar picture.
and Socrates expressed willingness
to die. so that he might have meet
ing with orphens, Hesiod and Homer.
Cicero echoed the same hope. We
find Ii as natural to sayages as well as
to cultured pagans. We Iearn from
this" said Or. Hoge. that the belief
In future recognition In as universal
as belief In immortality, and that
this universal hope. based on natural
evil, Ia strong presumption, IL not
proof. of the claim that we shall know
each other after death. This Is u
sense In which the Voice of the people
In the svuscs of eixd. s,sa'S God ssoeH not
give a hope and expectation. only TO
disappoint IT. Therefore. when we
turn la the Bible, We find that God
has given us the assurance OF that
which pagans and sayages hoped for.
Let us see what saith the Scriptures. -
5s- We shall Knew Each 0tlsrr.
s. The text, said DIR. Hoge, teaches
that We shall know each other in
heaven better than on earth. Our
own knowledge IF each other liz lirn-
itef on earth; I'm heaven II shall be
unlimited"
THE immortality of the soul car
ries with IL the recognition oi e@l :
other In heaven" he declared. I'VE
learn from the parable of the rich
man and Lazarus that memory. tmagi-
nation, reason, conscience, taste and
! love are faculties Of the soul. go with
liz into the spirit world and will live
forever.
IL memory lives. he argued. we will
remember the face Of our mothers.
Memory will help TO keep alive the
form. voice and face OF those on
earth.
He continued,
some good people refuse 10 be-
lieSe In heavenly recognition because
they declare IT would make them mis-
cradle To know that their loved ones
were not there. Refusal Of reeoSni-
ton would not help the case. for II we
recognize no one. We would be for
ever doubtful whether any OF our
loved ones were saved.
Doubt Worse Than knowledge.
Doubt as to their condition would
be worse than knowledge that they
were lost. II any are lost. We know
that God has done all that God IN his
infinite love and power could do TO
save a free moral agent. Their fall
ure to accept the great salvation OF
fered them Will not destroy our peace
and Joy In heaven. The master as
sures ns that all tears will be wiped
away and that there VIII De no soF-
row In heaven
The presence OF friends and loved
ones Is one OF the joys OF heaven. con-
tinued DIR. Hoge. quoting freely from
ST. Paul.
-Tf there IL to be mutual JOY there
must be mutual recognition. III tnes
are to acknowledge each other they
must know each other. our l.ord
saws to us: Make to yourselves
friends by means OF the n,amuon y.
unrighteousness. that when II snail
fail. they may receive you into the
I eternal tabernacles. In ether words,
use your money TO bring men 70
Christ, and yoa will have friends VINO
have gone ahead to welcome you,
when you shall arrive at our Father
house, Such a welcome means that
there must be mutual recognition
Before the sermon DIR. Hoge an
swered a number Of questions pro-
pounded him, and announce that ne
would preach next Sunday on the sub
tect. "Do the Dead Know What -
Going on Here?"