Year: 1874

natures We prone TO look into that future with
anxious curiosity. The one stimulates us TO know ell
that ts revealed about fe the other warns
IA 10 stop on the boundary Of the nscrutabIe. The
boundary line between what N unknown and what Ia
known tue future life may be considered by us
today. -,


]. What is unknown in reference to the future nfe
Tue Apostle writes: doth not & yet sppes. what We
loved now the sons OF God.' All believers
sublime in thr, Thought thst il smulates anxiety to
know what we shall be. No other question comes
ills al alliance with the Eternal one. what Is reserved
in the life to comet We stand mere lnslSiiicant
creatures the shores OF time and upon tne graI
ocean OF eternity and make earnest inquiry. Twelve
hundred years ago, when Eiward OF scotland sat with
lords at night about sumptuons banquet table.
sparrow flew into the hall. futered about In the light
aud spendor for few mUmens, ana then NV out into
the darkness. venerable said 10 the King, he
hold that sparrow. the emblem OF human life We are
born into the world coming out OF dnrkness we know
whonce nltter about In the light fora little
and then sink into the grave, disappearing IN In
serua able gloom that sparrow passed away INTO tho
pass away into darkness knowing nothing Of the ure
Nay. verify. The declaration OF me Apost,e must be
taken with some limitation Christianity sends it light
beyond the grave and all - not unknown. we know,


ing thie THIS day then shalt tnou De with me 10 Para
disc" We shall be with Jesus with Him IN Paradise. and
in the Father house. We know also with whom shall
be there; with Abraham, with Isaac WIN jacob, with
innunerablc company OF angels WIN tle spirits VI
and relatives who have gone before ana we sDall 10
with Christ our Lord. We know who we shall be. We



be kings priests unto Gud shall be ths beloved
tue great Redeemer, heirs OF an eternal inheritance
Bur do not know what We shall be. " IL dOth NOT
appear what we shall be-" IL does yet appear
shall be the condition Of our existence n tbe re'fec
tion OF the body IL is clearly revealed that there sa
natural aud Spiritual body, hut what do know
the quiles OF the spiritual BODY or BODY when can
be- visible Invisible, needs neither food, Sleep or rest
or which is not liable disease accident, ana death
We cannot understand the details, but the great iaet
clear.


Again IL does not yet appear TO what nights OF kGowl
edge the soul may rise IN the future me- Ia ns e tho
mind ls capable OF vast progress IN knowledge. Com
pare the philosopher with the savage the with
child Compare Isaac Newton. an Infant IN ms mothers
lap with the great dscoverer IN the maturity VI his
powers measuring worlds, sweeping the heavens with
his telescope Men surrounded here by great oh
WHO can estimate the vast progress OF the soul when
reaches the heavenly world, when all human impedi-
ments have passed away. and when cycles OF
afforded it, eyeopmenti Here We see as through
a glass darkly" In the uture we shall know even As
we are known now know only in part then II shall
he in fullness As the light OF the stars Is lO.t IN
the glories OF the rising sun, SO the knowledge
OF the world will sink into mslgnhcance compared
with the knOwlege Of heaven Moreover IL does not yet
apnear what powers arent In this life, may be callod
out hereafter. Even in this world new powers. new
feelings, emotions are developed uader CERTAIN
conditions. We know not TO what we shall grow IN the
world to come what expansion OF mind may come.
what nelds of knowledge that mind may traverse
Aga, J., 93es dU appoi o ~ rescb IN the tptire Tor.
The Scriptures reveal that for Christians there u In
heaven higher position than for angels They
are admitted to immediate association with Jesus
Christ; they one with Christ ana Goa Tue most
the thought In the vastness of His dominion aud In
the wonders of HIS mediatOral power shall be iont
heirs with Christ With regard TO this and 10 other
spects our knowledge is necessarily hmited ID YOU


feel disappOintedl Even 10 our conc pti0n tnele are
good and sufficient for concealment l. 1t pos.
sble for ma 10 understand the heavenly wOndersi
question IL human language could express te cOhohs
OF heavenly e. Even If II could, there Is doubt
our limited minds could understand expressions. II
they could IL might not be well Tor US III the heavens
we're disclosed to Us, minds would be 50 absorbed


hat we could pay attention to things of this fe aud


the affairs OF this world womb Iali lntO cOIloh oo-
cause necessary duties would be abandoned


III The text points what Is certainly known concern


ing tine heavenly lie But We know tnat when he sbal
appear we shall be like HIM, for We shall see HIM as
lie is" We know that Christ shall appear because re
has said il. 81 20 TO prepare place iJr you ani
visible. personal Tnls was the hope OF the early
church The apostle beheld its realization IN lhe Apo
calyptic vision The declaration that when IL shal
an1ear we shall know HIM as he Is, implies tn Al the
Lord Jesus has been seen as He really s Uuder
the Old Testament dispensation He was seen ohy IN
tvpes and symbols His disciples Him behind the
vail of a human form Even those who were wlth Hln
umbrstion OF His giory He by John under
the figure of the great High PRIEST but He was never
| seen as lie really is. When Jacob lay down upon hs
strong pillow in his starry bedchamber 1t j. said that
the Lord was there but jacob knew not. JOB his at


ctions deserted by MS Creator although ne
was NOT always mindful OF His comfortable presence
with him. The disciples aborng in he storm upon the
them, was coming to their ald but they Hin as q
spectre gliding over the sea. Mary standing Dy the
sepuchro did recognize her Lord The apostles


the way Damascus with whom He walked and talked,
did not know him. 80 he Is often with us 10 sustain
agony and sorrow yet we see Him not as lie s but ony
by His aid could we have been upborne All types figures
aud mere portraItures will be done away when SEQ
Him after death. When draw our last BREATH We
shall for the first time the face of Jesus;
Him in the grandeur OF His divinity, che suDmity OF
His and power, aud nothing shall interviews
between us and Him. Again, We distinctly know that
shall DC like unto HIN, because we shall Him
He really is. It is deep truth that
God understand God until We are like Hun. Only
like understand like Christians cannot CHRIST
TIL they holy ike Him. Tne meaning OF the text Is
that the vision OF Christ shall produce the likeness We
cannot be like Him till love the transforming power
aud cannot love until We know Him. AT the resur-



exposed TO the face OF the sun Of righteousness Then
bodies shall bo modelled Ike HIS glorious body. We
shall be like HIM also In mind The mind shall he
in IN Christ. We shall see tie truth as Jesus
II.