Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-12-01

ling? 1t was the thought that he
would come again into the possess
4 ion of that darling child. No grave
diggers could hide him. The wintry
blasts of death could not put out
that bright light. There would be a
workman somewhere who, with sill
yer hammer; would weld the broken
links. In that city fair where the
hoofs of the pale horse never strike
the pavement, he would clasp his
lost treasure. So David wipes the
tears away from his eyes, chokes
back the grief in his throat and ex-
claims: 81 shall go to him." What
let us ask, would it mean for David
to go to his child if he did not know
him? What would the blind get out
of going to behold the sunset? What
would the deaf get out of going to
hear music?
8. Think of the TRANSPORTATION.
Peter, James and John follow Jesus
into the mountain. "A light from
heaven falls on the mountain and
lifts it into the light of the celestial.
Christ's garments glow like snow in
sunlight and his face shines like the
sun in yonder heavens. The door Of
heaven swings open. Two spirits
come down and light on the noun
tain. The disciples look at them, gaze
on them( are awed by their presence,
and recognize them as Moses and
Elijah. And Peter, ere the transigu-
ration glory had died away, wanted
to build three tabernacles, one for
the Master, one for Moses and one
for Elijah.
Now if these three disciples stand
ing on the earth with their earthly
limitations and bearing the image of
the earthly could recognize the TWO
from heaven bearing the image of
the heaven in their glorifed bodies
these two spirits who had been in
heaven for hundreds of years, do
you tell me that we with our heaven
ly eyesight, will not be able to recog-
nize those who have gone from
among us only five ten, thirty or
fifty years before? If the three. dis
ciples could recognize the two proph-
cts and the two prophets not their
relations shall we not be able to rec
ognize our friends and relatives who
have been gone only short space of
time? Surely! Undoubtedly!
d. Remember Dives. Miserable
Dives in hell and tormented by the
flames of hell looked up and recog-
nized Abraham and Lazarus who
was in his bosom. He had seen Laz-
arus before-when Lazarus full of
sores lay at his door step begging for
the crumbs which fell from his ,ta-
BILE. And he remembered, too, his FIVE
brothers who were not living right
ecus lives. If Dives in hell and tor
mented in hell with the destruction
of hell strong about him could look
up and recognize the two spirits,
Abraham and Lazarus, will; not those
in heaven have as good eyesight and
as good faculties of perceptions and
recognition. If the destroyed recog-
nize shall not the enthroned?
5. Jesus to Unbelieving Jews. 'Je-
sus said to the unbelieving Jews that
they would in the future world see
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob while they
themselves would be thrust out. Thus.
to my mind, does the Bible speak of
heaven as a great family circle.
Some day they shall come from the
North and tn eSouth and the East
and the West and take their places at
the marriage supper of Moses and the
Lamb. Well, now that would be
queer home circle where the men,
bers did not know each other. The
Bible describes death as sleep. If
we know each other before we go to
sleep shall we not know each other
when we awake? Robert Browning
put a flower into the cold hand of
his dead sweetheart and said: "Some
time she'll wake and understand"
And I believe she will and / know
others will and waking understand
and know. John Fiske said 81 believe
in the Immortality of the soul as a
sublime act of faith in the reason
ableness of Gods work" I believe in
the recognition of loved ones on the
other side as mere simple act of
faith in the reasonableness of Gods
love. And while those unbelieving
Jews would, themselves thrust out,
the door shut never more to open,
in the world of the lost recognize
Abraham and Isaac and Jacob before
the throne, shall not we, standing in
glory, not Know our best friend, our
dearest loved one, from the man who
died in Mexican bar room last
night? The idea is unthinkable.
6. The two Significant Sayings of
Paul. Paul said: 81 shall know even
as am known. Notice the two lenses.
That means that even as others know
and recognize me here even so and
in like certain manner shall I recog-
nize them as well and as easily be-
yond the pearly portals as 1 do here
and now in the tenements of clay.
Paul said: "Jesus the first fruits
of them tnat slept" Well, now, if
He was the first fruits that means
that He was the illustration Of all
thoce Iuho cha11 copoe hool from, .fh Of