The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-19

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j earthly nome for one which IS
; eternal. So popular was this IN The.
minds OF the people In the days OF
I Mr. Moody that heard him say
there IS not hall large enough in
America to hold the people Who come
to hear me preach about heaven
All should BE Interested
"a woman said to me when my
brother died. my mothers heart
was taken right into heaven. We
were living in Philadelphia She
! became intensely Interested in heav-
en-. she would always look over TIE
! of the ministers would preach
about heaven and she would go near
] or far.
! Il believe we all ought to be in
terested in heaven. the place to
/ which all or US are invited and many
! of Us are going II expected TO
make my home in hell. 1 would want
TO know something about the inhabi-
tants. the punishment. the degrada-
T, ton, but my heart is not set on
hell My hopes. my anticipations.t
. my longinss are for heaven read
some time ago how detective Sc
cured thu arrest of a manager of a.
company who had absconded. The
company did not have the slightest
clue He had three days start. his
home was carefully searched in hope
/ of finding something that would be
of value in tracing him. Nothing
but a public library ticket could be
found The detective visited the lib
rary and asked what books the man
had been reading and he was told
they We're all on South America At
once the officer concluded he was on
the way there. \ description OF
the man was wired to the chief OF
police Of New Orleans. requesting
that all outbound steamers should
be searched. The next day the alb
sconding officer was arrested in one
. of the Offices of the steamship com
pany in the act or buying ticket
10 South America.
What Does Your Wife Think?
IF some one Were making an in
vestisation of your life. and they had
all the evidence as to where you
were expecting to go. to what con-
come Does Your life. your reading
your hopes give evidence of Your
! home in heaxen. or would the evi-
dence lead one to believe that YOU
are heading toward despair. ] was
asked 10 conduct the funeral SER
vices for an old soldier II always
gave me double grief to bury an old
soldier one VINO mac SeIHeu MS
country with trial. danger and hard
shin. His body was. shipped into
the city. I didn't know anything
about him. asked the wife If she
had anything in regard TO his char
acter she would like to- have me-
speak about She replied. speak
about the flag. His coffin was wrap
ped In a large beautiful flag under
whose folds he had fought. Think
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me 1 asked her again If she desired
me TO speak OF his character as a
Christian and again she said speak
about the Tag. realized as found
later. he had given no evidence that
he was looking for heavenly coun-
try He was a sculptor. He had
carved out of marble beautiful
monument II was 2 marvel OF
! beauty and engraved upon it We're
orders and fraternities of which he
was a member. But he failed 20
make any provisions for that better
land. The silence of the one who Low
ed him and knew him best was a
louc testimony that his life had gone
out into dark eternity
Husband what does Your wife
think OF your profession OF Jesus
Christi Wife. what does your hus-
ents. what do your children think
OF Your profession of Jesus Christi
Children, what do your parents think
OF rour profession OF Christ? There
is land OF pure delight. where
saints immortal reign. where infinite
day excludes the night and pleasures
Danish. pain
not know I fancy some one has ex-
pected me to locate heaven but I
can't. After 1 had spoken on this
subject an old man came to me aud
said. I am disappointed that you did
not locate heaven for US. I have
been trying to find out where it is for
years I said Heaven is where
Christ is. For he said where am m
there ye shall be also. i quoted to
him the words OF the prophet. The
name of the city shall be The Lord
is there. II You can locate the
throne OF God then can locate
heaven. One of the great preachers
OF this country said. Heaven is in
| the center OF the universe But
bounded as we are by infinfty on all
sides. I suppose we can make any
matters. however. but little to me
where heaven is: that is not the aues-
tfon that concerns me. Time is too
precious to be taken up in foolish
speculations about the location of
heaven. I am concerned about the
way there If you know the way. the
Christ said. I am the way and no
man cometh unto the Father but by
| = what Opinion amounts To.
Second. The nature Of heaven
Joseph Jennings. who on the verge
OF. hearen. looking out OF his be-
d5mmed eyes. exclaimed Beautiful
beautiful The weeping wife re-
sponded, It is a beautiful morning.