Year: 1872

nom age to age. Three thousand years ago the same
arguments against immortality were used as now
only arguments In different dress. After all, such
sceptics were only sappers and miners They cleared
away the surroundings and revealed the citadel.
The fact was, that the conviction in immortality
owed its prevalence and strength more to its oppo.
nents than to the theories and teachings OF the
most learned believers. This great conviction
could not be eradicated from the human nina
faith that could live through the two thousand
nineteenth century. faith that has survived the
Roman Catholic Church, faith that has survived
the Protestant Church, which is


ALL HE'LL AND NO PURGAToRY,


must be cardinal, fundamental faith, an inde.
structible faith. Some people expect God to do
all their miserable work for them-cean their sew
ers dsinfect their streets, stamp out the cholera.
There are some to whom atheism would be an inde-
that there was child, the son OF poor carpen--
ter, who rose to such height OF dignity and sweet
ness that he became . monument for all time. In
another light and faith In the Christ many picture
him dwaris life, but faith elevates Christ and
OF thought at some length he said there were some
who were always standing on ttpt0e looking over
the walls M into the future world. % such a., men think
everything, the present nothing. And then again
there were those who went on the opposite tack
thought for the future 1t was bad to be too much.
taken up with faith. The


PRINCE OF WALES


might be useful citizen and give less time to-
theatres and ballet girls Ii not for his faith OF
becoming King Of England. After further lustrar
tlons he asked II 1t was selfish to wish life to con-
tipue. Small petty men may talk nippantly about
not caring whether their lives end here or not
Great, noble souls do care They look forward to-
another life, TO more labOrs, to more victories
Hope and fear were the two strongest passions Of.
the human mind. Some, for the -%


LITTLE TEMPORARY GOOD


they do here, expect reward in Heaven How good
such men are In their own estimatiOni Because
they have lived t0lerably decent life here they
expect life OF perpetual bliss There was good
deal OF the Pharisee in such men, On the contrary
some think that for the slightly wicked alike with
murderers there fs q perpetual hell. He could not
conceive even q devil bad enough to deserve the
penalty OF Q perpetual he'll. Leo x. Leo the
Magnificent, wanted to build st. Peter's church.
He had no money. Did he not hold the keys to
immortality He sent forth his emssary, and this
emissary got money and lands for SO many years
from purgatory. This side OF the grave had been
stripped or the grandeur ofduty the magnincence Of
responsibility. Martin Luther said in his stormy
way, III there is no life beyond the grave would
not give q mushroom for God, and without God
there Is no devil" He quoted from various others
their views in regard to immortality. The popular
impression was the blOtting out the hope Of q.
future life took from life all 1t was worth All hui
manity was by mems past Open the windows in
front Of you. Look into the future. See imme.
diately before you There Is that In this gives
expansion to the soul. One feels in him that this
little planet s not the limit Of the souls life. Death
was q change.