Year: 1874




Sermon by tho Rev. Mr. Ganse-"What


We Know About Heaven"


The Rev. Mr.. Ganse preached yesterday morning
IN the Reformed church, Madison avenue and
Hfty.seventh street, on "what We Know About
Heaven,n taking his text from the Epistle 10 the
Hebrews xi., 10.


The Bible might be called the "Book OF Heaven
All who are in heaven are found belonging to the
classes OF the good mentioned in 10, and we our
selves are let us hope, on the journey toward the
happy country But what do we know about
heaveni There are two classes OF persons OF
whom we may speak-one that which does not
care about heaven; the other, that which shrinks
from presuming to inquire fully into the question.
There are people Of recent years who say
II Is unmanly TO discuss the matter
At all = tnat Is to say II would be
manly In US not to hope that God would make
for us happy eternity. II philosopher or
statesman were to tell US that he lab0red solely
for fame and Tor a living we would despise him
When man is at hts work or Is doing good any
where he feels better ana Is more noble In himself
when he has before mis- mind the CONSEQUENCES
that death Is not the end OF life. but the beginning.
This has been felt in all ages. 1t has been the
perence OF the heathen as wen as OF the Bible
man. 1t exhibits an abundant evidence OF the
beauty of the religion whcn teaches that in the





source OF the aspiration Is inseparably mingled
with


THE HOPE OF IMMORTALITY.


1t Is difficult to conceive how anyb body, with full
common sense, could attempt to strike out such .
hope from mems hearts. In reasoning on such an
attempt and the causes Off the thought strikes
that there are some people, perhaps, who would
strike out the hope account OF the fear in their
own breasts 1t is said In the Bible by an illus
trous follower OF Christ that tho good night was
fought, the laith preserved the close come to, aud
he was now In hope OF an immortal crown Of
glory Christ himself has spoken often OF tine sub
lime truth OF His mission aud OF the future re-
wards for the observance OF the laws He was an
nounCing. is 1t unmanly to follow the teachings
OF such great moral teachers as these, or to
deny-what IS beyond all proof.tne testi.
teachings utteredf Can the resurrection
OF the Saviour become o lie because lew men
from the dead and who assembled into heaven and
who had taught the most exalted moral truths
world M when Hc G SPOKE % oi the % Joys 1 after death
which awaited those VINO would hearken to His
teachings We cannot, 1t IS true, see heaven, nor
ness and the glory there, as we might of the ad-
vantages or the pecullarites OF some tar OF coun-
try. But we can know about II just the same as
men can know OF anything from all adequate
source. BY the laws OF human evidence and
with facts that we know about The statement
ABOUT q heaven comes within facts Of which
we know something suppose we had never seen
nestj yet, II we knew as much about the
nature and habits OF birds we do, we could
reason back to nest suppose we had never
might reason back to home and even dwell upon
mothers love and care for the child. And SO 1t
that which we want ana the necessity Of it, and


WE CAN THUS REASON ABOUT HEAVEN.
we dread o M nes
must be something. Even IN the dylng hours OF
our friends We can see, in the purity and simple
tnat Is opening. One cannot look upon the earth
anu not turn nis eyes toward the sun and the pom
beauty. Nor can We look upon lie here her below 10
and not TURN our eyes to the spiritual
doctrine CHRIST WHICH preached this hope Of
reward Tor good mems lives, was taught by mon
VINO had heard Christ's own words, and whose
In support OF the truth OF them. At the present
hour men Will willingly confess that they believe
in this or that theory because they have seen
evidences OF the truth OF 1t, and they will also
believe in history further in the past than the lie
soul for something nearer TO God is to be dealt
with they would destroy the hope. The Father OF
the Church built His cnarss on osk HIS doc
man more feeble, but braver. 1t gives harmony,
unity, power and love OF God and one's neighbor,
and doubt OF the Creators omnlpotence. Heaven
is truly to the spiritual world


WHAT THE SUN is TO THE EARTH. :
In the interest of CHRISTIAN iaith We have to
find out what heaven ls. The Scriptures tell us
OF the eternal peace which dwells In that king
dom. confused notion Of 1t has much to do
with some mems method OF trying to be saved.
Let us know wnere the truth stands. The man
has never truly lived who dsnied the future life,
ana who would not have been much better man
had he not spurned the hope which struggled
among the aspirations OF worldly life. Ii the
Gospel IS Christ mas Christ gone from US to dim
distance, where lie cannot be seen? Or Is Christ
lost ? There Is still the cOuI age among us which
true faith inspires; but heaven Is not here below.
and we should not fear to seek 1t out.


In the afternoon the Rev. Mr.. Ganse preached
the first ol the sunday afternoon sermons on the
subject "Penltents True and False"


SEVENTEENTH STREET METHODIST EPIS-


O0PAL CHURCH.


Sermon by Rev. w. HI. Boole Upon "sin


and Salvation" III