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Vol. XXIX.
Thoughts of Hereafter.
Sermon delivered by Rev. Dr
J. D. Jordan at the Firet Baptist
Church in Savannah. Hie sermon
was based on the parable of the
rich glutton and Lazarus the beg*
gar.
This parable, said Dr. Jordan,
i 4 is thought provoking. In tempo¬
ral things one was rich and the
other begged. Iu eternal thiegs
the order is reversed. In the same
parable each is seen both rich and
poor. One was rich towards the
world and poor towards God,while
the other was poor towards the
world but rich towards God. The
difference was between clay and
character, temporal and eternal,
aed not riches and poverty. Pov¬
erty is no virtue and wealth is no
crime. The difference between
riches and poverty can be nothing
more than fortune and misfortune.
It is often hard to tel) which is
preferable.
The parable has been appealed
to as a proof for many doctrines,
some wise and some otherwise.
The past, the present and the fu¬
ture meet iu this parable, but I
wish to deduce from it three pro¬
positions in regard to the futuref
To mankind there is a future
life. Some one says, ‘Prove it.’
To a fair, informed, and well in¬
clined mind no further proof is
is necessary.' To a contrary mind
any proof would hardly be suffi¬
cient, for wisdom is not discerned-
by foolishness, nor music by deaf¬
ness, nor sight by blindness, nor
love by hatred. To the foolish
“there is no God,” and no hereaf¬
ter. But to the wise and prudent
God is, and shall ever be.
As the telescope wanes the
worlds decrease, as the telescope
enlarges new worlds spring into
view. The worlds were there all
the while, only we did not see
them. As faith and thought dimin¬
ish life shortens* as they increase
eternity leaps into view and we see
the endless existence.
The goal of yesterday was only
the starting point of today. The
goal of this present life is only the
starting point for the future life.
The loom may stop but the thread
of life dock not break, the weaver
is transported but he takes up the
same thread and weaves on—a dif¬
ferent fabric, but the same thread.
As the migratory bird instinc¬
tively turns to a milder climate
hitherto untriedvso reason naturally
turns our thought toward that
country from whose bourne no
traveler ever returns, In this
world we take only the entered'ap-
prentice degree of life. There are
no masters here. This is a lifts of
primary stages, Our class in the
future will depend ou our pro¬
ficiency here. The longest earthly
career is only a span, and very im¬
perfect. Is there no time and place
for lengthening and perfecting life?
Thought lives. Does the thinker
d»e? Inventions live, improve and
r
are perfected. Must the inventor
cease to be? Is there no more
growtn and perfection for him?
Yes, ‘‘they rest from their labors,
and their works do follow after
them.” The body is only clay,
knead in blood, the grave clothes
of mind and spirit. Dying is trans¬
formation and not annihilation.
The caterpillar must die before the
butterfly is born. So the natural
body mutt die before the spiritual
body is donned.
Not only is reason dethroned,
but science stands aghast if man be
The Toccoa Record.
Toccoa, Georgia, 25 1902.
AN OLD FAVORITE
if »f»wMi<iwtMm»
A§OU ADHErt
BY Ivcria^b Hant.
^ /JBOU Awoke BEN ADHEM from (may his tribe increase !)
one night a dream of peace
And saw within the moonlght in his room,
Making it rich and like a lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book of gold.
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,
And to the Presence in the room he said,
“What writest thou?” The vision raised its head
And with a look that made all of sweet accord
Answered, “The names of those who love the Lord.^
“And is mine one?” said Abou. “Nay, not so,”
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,
But cheerily still, and said, “I pray thee, then,
Write me as one that loves his fellow men.”
The angel wrote and vanished. The next night
It came again with a great wakening light
And showed the names whom love of God had
And, lo, Ben Adhem’s name led all the rest!
not immortal. From the dark and
chaotic past to the present not one
atom of matter has been destroyed
—many changes, but no destruc-
tion. If matter that neither breathes
thinks nor loves cannot pass away
how can the spirit of man, which
is the life cease to be?
If man be not immortal there is
no other enigma so collossal as
human life. Here tyrants live in
mansions, clothed in purple and
finest linen, and fare sumptuously
every day, while saints live in
hovels or within prison walls, in
rags and are fed with a crust. A
day of reckoning and a time of
evening up must come, when the
spoiler shall be spoiled and the
righteous shall be rewarded. The
tempter says ‘‘Do it and time will
never reveal it,’’but a whisper from
God to the soul says ‘‘Eternity
will”—for there is nothing hid
that shall not be revealed.
The imperfections, unfinished
plans, and uneven chances of this
life argue for another life. When
Job spoke of man as a cut flower or
fleeing shadow, he spoke of the
flesh.
The immortality of the soul of
man has been taught and believed
from the earliest times. The Old
Testament clearly indicates it.
“Enoch walked with God; and he
was not; for God toox him.”
David said of his child, “He is
dead. I 'shall go to him, but he
shall not return to me.”
David says, “God will redeem my
soul from the power of the grave,
tor he shall relieve me.” Solomon
says, ( 4 The lighteous has hope in
his death.” From the mouth of
Isaiah we have these words, “The
dead shall live,” and from Daniel
these, “Many of theriHhat sleep
in the dust of the earth shall awake
some to everlasting life, and some
to shame and everlasting contempt.
The doctrine of immortality is
brought fully to light through
Christ and the Gospels, Paul
speaks of “Christ, who abolished
death and brought immortality to
light.” This was one of the many
things which he made clear. In
discussing this question with the
Saducese Jesus said, “But that the
dead are raised, even Moses show¬
ed, at the bush, vs hen he calls the
Lord the God of Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob. Now, he is not the
God of dead men, but of living;
“flood Will to Alt Men/
for all live unto Him.” We say
“The man is dead.” God says,
‘•The man is alive forevermore.”
What we call death is only a
change, a turning point in the
pathway of our endless existence.
Centuries after this change came
Jesus called Moses and Elijah to
counsel with him on the Mount of
Transfiguration. He declares, “I
am the resurrection and the life; he
that believeth in Me shall never
die.” “Because I live, ye shall
live also.” “Father, I will that
they also be with Me where I am.”
‘‘I will come again and receive you
unto Myself.” ‘‘Behold, He com-
eth with clouds, and every eye
shall see Him, and they also which
pierced Him.”
“For though from out our bourne
of time and place
The flood may bear me far.
I hope to see my pitot face to face,
When I have crossed the bar.”
To mankind there is a rational,
conscious future life. Here man is
rational and intelligent; hereafter
he shall be more so. Now, I
know in part, but there I shall
know tully. > * < i Now we see
through a mirror, obscurely, but
there face to face.” We shall
keenly conscious of pain or plea¬
sure, joy or sorrow. Memory shall
walk through the corridors of time,
our past to 'review, and her path
will be a via dolorosa with many a
wailing station or a joyful march¬
ing upward to God and glory.
“Now he is comforted, but thou
art tormented,” said Abraham to
the rich man.
<» Man’s Future LifeL is‘Fixed,’
both Locality and Condition.
Lazarus was in a place calletl
Abraham’s bosom, which respre-
sented in the language and the—
ology of that time the highest
felicity of the departed spirit,
while the rich man was in a place
called hell or torment. Whatever
we call the places, it is evident that
one represents peace and happiness
while the other represents unrest
and sorrow, and between them
there is a bar “fiixed” so that
there can be no passing to and fro.
“Faith forms character, and
character fixes destiny. Each one
shall go to his own place, accord¬
ing to the law of spiritual gravity.
Daily we are adding weights that
will sink us lower or strength that
will lift us higher. To the sinking
Successor to Toccoa Times and Toccoa News.
here the helping hand is extended,
then it ia withdrawn. Here we
may choose, reconsider and choose
again, but there we are left to ouj
choice. Our eternal home is de¬
termined by our pilgrimage here.
If iu this life only we have hope in
Christ, we are of all men most
miserable ”
Summer Seelies.
Sashes are made up in various
ways, with a soft, crush girdle and
ends at the back varying in length
from those quite short to streamers
which float inthe hem of the gown.
The ends are knotted or trimmed
with rosettes, which are sometimes
made in the form of huge rosebuds,
and these are lovely on a pale pink
satin taffeta sash. Chiffon roses
are also cunningly strewn along
some ribbons to give the effect of
sure*enough posies A fashionable
sash is of seven inch wide pink
satin taffeta ribbon—the color that
tints the pefals of a wild rose. The
ribbon is softly and loosely crushed
around the waist; a huge, puffy
rosette covers the closing at the
back. From this two streamers ef
the ribbon flutter to the hem of the
gown. About one-third down a
rosette—the twin of the one at the
top—is to the right stream¬
er. The left streamer is gracefully
knotted a little distance below the
rosette on the other sash end. The
colors of the rainbow seem woven
into the lovely shimmering lengths
of sash ribbons. White, pink and
pale blue are much worn and the
green sash is very modish. Sashes
of pompadour ribbons are especial
ly chic for the plain muslins.
Sashes made of two kinds of rib¬
bon knotted a little below the
waist at the back are seen on some
of the thin summer gowns, with a
corsage bow to match. Two shades
of one color or two different colors
are sometimes used in a sash. In
white two kinds of ribbon, for ex¬
ample, white moire end Louisine,
are used. Sashes of tucked chiffon
are dainty things to wear with the
thin summer gowns.
Overcoming an Obstacle
Willie was a bright boy,of an in¬
ventive turn of mind, says the
Youth’s Companion. At the age
of 8 or io he was seized with the
4s perpetual motion” idea, and be*
gan to make all sorts of queer ma¬
chines, despite the advice who had
devoted their lives in a vain search
for perpetual motion.
“It violates the first principles of
mechanics, my boy,” said his fa¬
ther. Action and reaction are equal,
as you will understand some day.
When you can pull yourself up by
your bootstraps you may hope to
invent a machine that wiif start it¬
self and run without stopping.”
The next day Willie came to his
fathers in great excitement and
told him he had done it—pulled
himself up by his bootstraps.
“It’s no trick at all,’, he said,as
he led the way to the barn, wh<
he showed his bewildered father s
pair of old boots nailed, soles up,
to a beam overhead.
“There!” he exclaimed, as he
climbed on a boxy reached up* ran
his fingers through the straps of the
boots and pulled himself up. “What
do you think of that?”
Willie’s father did not reply in
words. Instead, he took a harness
strap, and then and there Willie
gave an imitation of perpetual mo¬
tion which required no elaborate
apparatus.
*4'Georgia has over a million acres
planed in corn tbit year.
No. 28
Grant Didn’t Do Washing.
During the American Civil War,
says Tit-Bits, several Northern sol¬
diers were talking together one day
just before the advance upon Cor¬
inth. A tall, ungainly, raw recruit
stepped up to them with a bundle of
soiled clothes in his hand.
“Do you know where I can get
this washing done?” he asked.
Two of the group were practical
jokers. A bright thought flashed
into their heads, and, as the sequel
shows, unfortunately found ex¬
pression.
“Oh,yes,we know. Just go up
there with your bundle,” pointing
to the headquarters of Gen. Grant;
“you will see a short, stout man
(describing the general), who does
washing, Take your bundle to
him.”
The recruit thanked them, and
walked off ia the direction indica¬
ted.
He gained entrance to headquar¬
ters and stood in the general’s
presence.
a What can I do for you?” said
Gen. Grant.
“I was directed here by a coup¬
le of soldiers. They told me that
you did washing, and I have a bun¬
dle here i»
Gen. Graut probably enjoyed the
situation, but his imperturbable
face did not relax. He simply asked
the question, “could you identify
these men again?”
“Yes,Sir.”
“Very well; you shall have the
chance.”
Turning to an orderly he direc¬
ted him th call the guard, go with
the recruit to where the jokers were
standing ready to enjoy his discom¬
fiture and let him identify them.
“Take the men to the guard
house, give them this man’s bun¬
dle of clothing, and make them
wash it thoroughly. See that the
work is well done.”
The General was obeyed to the
letter.
Observation Parlor Cafe Dining
Cars.
The observation parlor cafe din¬
ing cars now being operated on
the Missouri Paciffc Railway, be
tween St. Louis, Kansas City and
Pueblo, have become one of the
distinguishing and most popul ar
features of what is familiarly
known as the “Colorado Short
Line.”
These oars, which are the
product of the most skilled work¬
manship of the Pullman shops,
were constructed especially for the
through service of the Missouri
Pacific Railway, between St.
Louis, Kansas City, Colorado,Utah
and Pacific Coast points. They
are operated on all the fast day
trains, and in conjunction with
similar cars on connecting lines,
furnish a through dining car ser¬
vice to and from the Pacific Coast.
Meals are served ala carte from
dainty Haviland china, Libby cut
glassware and Gorham silverware.
The dining salon is brilliantly
lighted in the evening with clusters
of electric lamps, and when tem¬
perature requires it, is cooled by
electric fans
The observation parlor at lha
rear end of the car is luxuriously
fitted up and affords passengers an
excellent opportunity to view the
picturespue scenery along the route.
On a trip to or from scenic Col¬
orado and the Rocky Mountains,
nothing is more exhilarating and
refreshing than a meal in one of
these elegantly equipped cars.