Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-09
CHENAULT SEES DEATH AS
CHANGE, NOT AS CALAMITY
breaches Last of Series of
Sermons on Our Three
Homes.
ARIsT0CRACY or HOLINESS
fnst"r OF Brond street Methodist
church Declares Heaven VIII Hc
hhne Up Of Select SocIcty-I'ic-
lures Rewards Of victory,

LAST night. at BROAD Street
Methodist Church. Rev. Fred r..
Chenanlt preached the last of a
series of sermons on our Three
tonnes. hia subject being. our
Heavenly Home" lie spoke in part,
we ought TO seek 20 know some
thing about the place where VIC arc
gong 10 spend eternity Death is
the great change: 1t is not a cal
amity. There is no death snys
i"ngfeliow, it Is only "a transition
ana they say we change every few
years; some say four and n half
years some say nvc. some say
seven. The child in tho cradle is
the same personality as the boy or
the man i'm middle age or in tho
years OF his sunset. We arc diff
icrcnt and. yet. we arc the same i'm
personality.
Eiieavcn has location. Some tell
us mat Heaven is merely state or
condition. but Jesus says. 4 70 TO
prepare place for you. II may he
a condition. but it is more than that.
fi"avcn Is place. He looked for "A
city which hath foundation whose
builder and maker is God Here VIC
nave no continuing city. but we seek
one 10 come Jesus said, In my
Fathers house arc many mansions
I" I" prepare place for you
Man Seeks Immortality.
Not only so. but we all want 10
live in the hope OF Heaven. In
heren,'y. every man longs for i'm
mortality W" are incomplete and
We expect completion somewhere.
The savage used 10 bury his dead
with his spear and drinking cup be-
side him. for he looked to the happy
hunting ground beyond. Even the
cultured pagan carved the down
turned torch on the stone and
where his dear ones walked. and in
whose meadows they might find
peace. When Socrates awaited the
hemlOck and his friends circlcd
around him. he gave a noble and
lofty discourse on tho life beyond
the grave. When we plant the seed
In the garden, we look for the flow
wheat in the fields. we look for the
ripening harvest. and when God has
planted in our hearts n desire for
Immortality, He will give IL to us.
When God gave us thirst, lie gave
us also water to Qucnch 1t. When
He gave us hunger. lIc gave us bread
TO satisfy it. when lie gave us
and when He gave us the longing
ever with Himself.
Arist"crncy OF Holiness.
who Will be in Heaven? what
shall We say of the inhabitantE? For
one thing. Heaven will be made up
OF select society. not judged. OF
course. from the standpoint of the
aristocracy of the world. but 1t will
be rather the aristocracy of holi-
ness. What we arc in the next
world Will depend upon what Is In us
now. Not only will they he men
who have washed their robes in the
blood Of the Lamb. hut believe that
those Nho dwell beyond our ken
will be conscious. When we study
the Bible, we conclude that they are
Inhabitants in the world beyond. and
that they have Il knowledge of what
is passing in the minds OF men, and
they are still bent on the victory OF
the Kingdom of God. We know,
Furthermore, that those who go be-
yOnd the grave do not return.
Christ raised three from the dead
but no others have ever come hack.
except Moses and Elijah. and these
two had not passed through the
gates.
DO our loved ones know any
thing about what goes on in this
world after they leave us? be-
iicve they do. l believe they watch
over us and await our coming. This
thought ought to inspire us to our
best.
Again. let us consider the mean
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