The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-07-20
-. Life Which is To Come

s.r5nd the experiences ana sphere
IL " -rssent life. 1t is life which
d ' the other side of the transit
0's ..s we call death; life which
t'' .ts5,ernity rather than to time.
rbaught to be emphasized in
UPS ..-s-rarion Of this subject is The
rstrof a life to come. At best
orsssa, life must soon end, and if
BAN, future life beyond the pres
man has no pre-eminence above the
TIL, evidences of the fact of a
.f-sr- varied and manifold. Man s
.-..- ard aspirations; his hopes and
The very fact that he thinks,
.-ra- help thinking about the flu
strong argument in its favor, as
ar. that God has apparently made
-,r higher purpose and more
...-nlent destiny than can be COM
N the life which now is. The
-v which we are confronted war;
me conclusion that in the present
49, are being borne onward toward a
.4..5n Of existence which stretches
.-,a tre great illimitable future.
r4. IJs which is to come will also be
.,,srlsl distinct from the life which
Ore is life in time, another a
+. .n -r-raity; one is life on this side
..r- .ea and the other life on the
/ +.r SHE. Z life on earth and life in
..s7 life which can be realized in
only when the present has
..~ er-- over by the darkness of
TO be an eternal life, but
.l not meant merely an end
Grrnal life is condition of
.,-.. .. ed through the knowledge
.,... His son Jesus Christ.
-... t.ch is to come is one which
-. evolution in human charac-
D., #- the future world will differ
~, 1u earth, very greatly differ;
-.r- nut little in the changes incl
p-riod of transition to indi-
r4 -sIlcaI change in the ruling
r.s. the soul except as it affects
e. stors to material interests. The
-,.-. f the Atlantic in either direc
pm PCS not make the thief honest or
u- c-n19as pure; the inconsiderate
..-t. or the drunkard sober. These
rses lay come as the result of the
rv-s IT. The conditions of life, but they
- n. necessary outgroWth of such
e.alrs IN itself and OF itself the
nsse OVER the seas has no power to
gs lch changes in human life.
-c and character. Is it not equally
r- that we shall pass into the life
8re Is TO come practically unchanged
.-g NperienceS incident to the period
transition? The characters we cher
#1-r- We shall carry with US into the
FL. ch is to come. GAS the tree
ts So It shall lie"
LIN . the present is vastly different
c IT, IS it was experienced thirty,
in~ fifty years ago, yet despite the
/. Nzt we are the subjects of great
aleal changes we are sensible of
IT, l@rer fact that we are the very
sal 1srs0ns we were in the years gone
bo
as ATE ourselves with the same inter
g,s ri we recall scenes and events
have long since passed away. We
g. pass through another change; a
Ca greater than any or all of the
s.- trough VIII ch we have thus far
4sss 0lt in the most essential re-
p shall be the same persons then
at ere today. We shall recall, it is
l.l-l- the experiences through which
7-l-- passlng today with greater clear
les. t.r we now recall the experiences
-"s ay. The life which is to come,
5s- Flll greatly transcend the pres
"a 1tlimity and in vastness, will not
..'s our personality as to rob US of
Jy. Our memories and all that
-'-sSary to constitute selfhood will
E"" for ever and for ever. Our bodies
Fl ..lrn to the dust, but we shall
a.-
is reasonable to presume that the
r7tnH is to come VIII be of higher
~ than the life which now is. The
'-a7nl life is earthly. it is comprised
all with imfrmities and limitations.
E'sr thjngs are impossible here which
"" a possible there. The power of
@a4r=ment will be greater. The heaven
= IT. MI. be superior to the earthly, for
1s eorruptibIe will have put on the in
VIII pt.aie and the mortal will have put
mortality. That there will be To-
''"'y 10 the future life and that we shall
Wy clothed upon with bodies seems to be
Necessity to human thought; but the
""4luon5 under which we shall exist in
Ar future will probably be essentially
-stnct from the conditions under which
NreXst in the life which now is.
what the precise nature of the body
Will be, or what it's specific attributes, we
Val only conjecture. The. few details
winch are furnished US of the life of
Jesus alter his resurrection are sugges-
we along certain lines, as are also the
VISITS of angels, and the appearance of
MOSES and Elijah. 1t is prob able that
"e'- viii be far greater facility and