The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-09-29
SERMON.
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Nv Rev. c. 9. Marsolf Of Hrcaaus.
r.xt: John 14:s. I 80 ito psepas~ .
MACE for you and II &C, 20 prepare . !
receive you unto myself. that where
am We may be also.
There is no subject in the world that |
comes to every man sometime In his |
life with 80 much interest - this one.
for after all although we may have
locked at other great questions 0f III
With a great de0ree OF unselAshness,
vet in the quiet moments we are sure
Is hear the soul asking: What for the
future: and however We may try to
bury our minds in other things we are
stnl confronted with the question Of
the after HE.
From the very earliest dawn Of our
creation and the beginning Of mans
reco,lection there has been with him
| the thought of the lie beyond the
rraye. &C to the South Sea island.
ers and you hnd It there, to the In
dian in his premitivc American Wig
van he was not unthoughtful Of his
future happy hunting ground: go hack
where history IL antidated by, tradi.
ton YOU find a spark with the thought
Of Immortality kindling into fire Of
hope. from the poorest peasant to the
king on his throne. or the queen in her
palace there comes q thought of that
which win never die
am afraid we have net looked
upon the situation In which we should.
we havet thought too much about
death and have nee given thought
enough to life. all nature 10 crying
out for life the buds cry out for
spring time in order that they may
grace the trees with the beauty Of
their leaves. the hard roots Of grass
|shcot forth their blades and push their
way through the ground crying out for
life.
Lord 1.itten said: "There is no death;
1.-THE stars go down to rise upon some
Il farer shore. and bright in heavens
Jewell erwin they shine forever more.
There is no death. the dust we traced
shall change beneath the summer
shower to golden grain or mellowed
fruit or rainbow tinted flower. There
is nc. death, the leaves may fall and
flowers may fade and pass away. they
only wait through wintry hours the
coming of the May. There is no death
an angel form walks DER the earth
with silent treatd, he bears our hest
!. loved things away and we then call
them dead. Bern unto this undv,ne
life we leave them but to come AGAR
with jay. we welcome them the same
except their sin and pain. And eve,
near us though unseen the dear i'm
mortal spirits tread and boundl ess Uni
; verse is life. there IL no dead"
II Then if we are convinced that Their.
is no death and all is life, We become
, exceedingly anxious to know wher.
. the life and in what realm we are go
: ling to live.
To YOU the word Heaven" Is not al
. unfamiliar word. From our earlles
/ childhood it has been sounded in oul
.. ears We were told about it. we hav'
sung about 1t until in the night tim
, in our dreams we have seen the eolt
, )paved streets and though we heard thu
angels sing: indeed, It has become
! most important part in cur worl'
, thought. If it were not for this wore
, and its inspiration. the poet woul'
turn away with his stanxa unfinished
.. and the player would strike the las
note on his harp with dOleful sound
) But after all we know or all we ca
!, know about heaven we learn from tn
blessed book the Bible. no cne ha
ever returned to tell US abous tn
place. there is nothing in phychoiog
that gives US any definite thought con
corning the life beyond the grave. an
1t il on the statement CT the blesse
book that we build our premises. an
hope. 1t is true the pest and wises
linen Of all ages have believed this bu
they could tell us nothing about u.
wish to consider one mere though
as proof of a life beyond the grave
we will remember that demand In al
realms of life has been dominan
factor. demands hok,s out the ensig
and all nature respc nds to the call.
sever a little vein IN my finger. tn
blood rushes out but Immediately de
mand cries out. coagulation begins.
little artificial canal is built. the bloc
goes on it's way and the wound
healed. So when the soul of man ciie
out to its God for life and future ex
custodian Of the soul arranged that tn
soul should live and not die.
Hut the question Cor this mornin
Iis what, and where Is heaven? An
the only sufficient answer we get come
to us from Gods holy word. The Ribl
intimates that heaven is a place. /
fact, it speaks forth in no uncectai
words. and in the divine revelation
goes &C far as to attept to describe i
even the very dimensions OF the plac
/ are given and yet my friends are "
. to take the whole Bible as literal?
we must not forget that the 3ibi
while It IL true, at the same time IL
book Of parallels and SMILES. an
If we will try to study 1t In the ligh
of the time in which 1t was write
and understand the cc nditions that ex
listed we will get a great deal NOR
good out OF It,
In the first place We would not van
the place to which We are going ia
literally true az described In the Bible
for in the Revelations we are tcld tn
streets are paved with gold and tn
walls are Of paspar. and at the yer
gates are set with pearls. we are ais
told that the angels OF God are befor
the throne day and night with palm
. in their hands crying Holy, Holy. !
the Lord God Of Host" taking it liter