The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-18
WHAT CHRIST TAUGHT
CONCERNING HEAVEN
SUBJECT or SUNDAY EVENING
SERMON BY REV. \. y.
HALL.
Last of series OF sermons ON what
Christ Taught Concerning the
Fundamentals of His
Religion.

/ First Baptist chufch SUNDAY even
ling. The following Is in substance
1.-THE preachers message:
For nine Sunday evenings We
have met here to listen TO Jesus
Christ on the great fundamentals
of His religion Our aim has not
been to support any preconceiyed
notions. or support any theories We
might held. but without prejudice
10 hear and heed what Christ
taught we have gone directly to
the fountain-head OF christianity.
and | trust that VIC feel assured that
We have had information at first
hand. We began with what Christ
taught concerning Himself. then
followed ON and heard what lie
taught concerning creation, revela-
ton, humanity, redemption. saliva
ton, resurrection, and other vital
doctrines of christianity. Tonight
We come to the closing hour, and
the last subject: What Christ
Taught Concerning Heaven"
The text is taken from the lips OF
our Lord: IF have told you earthly
things and We believe not, how
shall We believe If | tell you of
heavenly things? John 3:12.
One has only to read the daily
papers and current publications to
see how nebulous is the thought of
men concerning heaven. The great
beyond" "The bourne from which
no traveller returns, THE vast un-
known" and many like expressions
that are misty and hazy in mean
ing. These tell out in an unmistak-
able way that to the natural mind
heaven is little more than a super
stitious hope Is there nothing
more solid or substantial on which
the human soul may rest its hope?
Must the spirit of man remain sus-
pended between superstitious hope
and shiyering doubt? Has God re-
fused TO satisfy the longing desires
of His creatures? Is there nothing
clearer than the dim iight OF hui
man reason? God speaks to men
about this as He speaks about all
ether matters of eternity: This is
my beloved Son, in whom J am well
pleased hear We him" II we will
but listen to that Son. all uncertain
~ and unrest about heaven will be
forever put away Stop the mouths
OF men who know nothing about
this matter; silence Your own vain
reasonings that yield no conclus-
ions, and let us with childlike SIM
plicity listen to the Son of God as
He shall tell us about the world to
come
He Came From Heaven.
Il Come down from heaven, moi
to do mine own will. hut the will
of him that sent me Get those
| five words | came down from heG-
ven. There is no one who can give
YOU so much Information about any
place as the person who hes lived
there A boy goes away from home
to some distant city To the moth
er's mind the name OF that city is
an empty word. She looks up its
location. but that little dot on the
map does not mean much TO her.
Her boy has gone from the old
home out into what seems 10 her q
very vague somewhere. But one
day there is q ring at the door, and
gentleman tells her that he is
from the town where her boy has
gone; he knows where the boy
works and where he rooms he can
tell her an about her sons eompan-
ions and business associates. How
it changes things for that mother.
That place seems TO be so much
more substantial and real. She does
not rely on second hand informa-
tion any more, bat has direct testi-
mony. So may il be with US in re
gard to heaven. Here is the Son of
God who has come from that place.
He is able and willing to tell ms
about Il,
Who Are There.
( II is the place of the palace OF
God La every kingdop there is q
capital city. a royal palace and a
Z throne room. In the kingdom @:
God, these are located Ia heaven.
We ara nof asking you TO limit tho
presence 81 God 70 place or. a
room. bur would Narn yau q the
panFaei>te idea Sc God taat seems
50 prevalent En- eur aay That ths
hfwEhry tu cmn'rre-cat Ne Wttl nai
forget tut Jesus tauett ass ~Swtal