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The idea of heaven given by the great Teacher is so much a matter of faith that all local and material notions concerning it must be left to the individual conception of it. “We see through a glass darkly “in relation to it.” We walk by faith and not by sight," when we search for” the things not seen which are eternal." We must

Not expect positive knowledge of the things we hold by faith. The most we can expect is a rational and satisfying belief concerning that           

Which lies “beyond the veil?" It is better, far better, to have such a belief to live and rest in, than to be harassed with perplexing doubts, or darkened in mind by the eclipse of unbelief. A vision of excellence, a faith in a life to come in which our powers shall be at their best, is a

Quickening incentive in the present, of immense value a fortune to be made, a good to live for, stirs the better ambitions to energetic activity. Understanding perfectly the limits of knowledge and the uncertainties of faith, we may ask the question:

THE BIBLE SCRIPTURE AND THE TRUTH

THE BIBLE SCRIPTURE

When interpreted like any other book, by the same rules of evidence and the same canons of criticism, the Bible will still remain unlike any other book its beauty will be freshly seen, as of a picture which is restored after many ages to its original state; it will create a new interest and make for itself a new kind of authority by the life which is in it. .No one can form any notion from what we see

around us, of the power which Christianity might have if it were at one with the conscience of man, Though separated from their original context, and republished after so long an interval, it is believed that these writings will be found to have a lasting value.

It is a strange, though familiar fact, that great

Differences of opinion exist respecting the Interpretation

Of Scripture All Christians receive the Old and

New Testament as sacred writings, but they are not

Agreed about the meaning which they attribute to          

Them the book itself remains as at the first; the

Commentators seem rather to reflect the changing

Atmosphere of the world or of the Church, Different

Individuals or bodies of Christians have a different

Point of view, to which their interpretation is

Narrowed or made to conform. It is assumed, as

Natural and necessary that the same words will

Present one idea to the mind of the Protestant, another

To the Roman Catholic; one meaning to the

German, another to the English interpreter the

Ultramondane or Anglican divine is not supposed to

Be impartial in his treatment of passages which afford

An apparent foundation for the doctrine of purgatory

Or the primacy of St. Peter on the one hand, or the

Three orders of clergy and the divine origin of episcopacy

On the other it is a received view with many,

That the meaning of the Bible is to be defined by

That of the Prayer-book; while there are others who

Interpret the Bible and the Bible only with a silent

Reference to the traditions of the Reformation Philosophical

Differences are in the background, into which

The differences about Scripture also resolve themselves.

FRIENDS IN HEAVEN

FRIENDS IN HEAVEN

What I am about to tell you will bring some consolation to your heart?

And that is why I bring this message to you. For some time I

Have been reading in books some very remarkable facts, which seem to show that our dead friends are not really dead, but have passed on to another

World, and that they are progressing in happiness; and that we on the earth, under certain conditions, can communicate with them.

How do we know that this is not some fraud practiced upon us?

Does not human experience show that men have been dying for centuries, and why should we now think we are able to talk with the dead?

I know there are many who deny that there is even such a thing as a spirit being; but did not Jesus of Nazareth go and preach to the spirits in prison,

And does not that prove that men who had previously died were then alive and able to hear his preaching? And if so, is it at all unreasonable to think that they can communicate with us? Let me encourage you to investigate this,      

You will observe that all the evidence tending to prove that the living can talk with the dead is founded upon the great teaching that the soul of man is immortal. Is it not true that the Catholic and Protestant churches,

almost without a single exception, for many centuries have taught that the soul is immortal, that it cannot die hence when one dies it is merely the body that is dead, but the soul lives on?

The evidence now available proving that the living can talk with the dead is so cumulative and overwhelming that I attempt to present it to you,

With confidence that I will convince your reasonable mind of the correctness of the claim; and if I do, then I am certain I have done you a great good and

Brought much comfort to your heart                         

THE LORD'S PRAYER

    

LORDS PRAYER

                             

                                 Teach Us How to Pray

I have never known how to make use of prayer in speaking to God.
My Divine Master! Teach me this silent language that says so much. Teach me to keep myself in interior and exterior silence in Thy presence; to adore Thee from the very depths of my being, to expect all from Thee without asking for anything but the fulfilment of Thy will... Teach' me to let Thee act upon my soul and in it produce the simple and general prayer which puts nothing 
Into words, and says everything, which specifies nothing and includes everything. If Thou Grant I this grace how faithfully shall I consecrate to Thee a fixed time each day for prayer!
With what joy shall I fulfil this duty, and what care shall I not always take to preserve so precious a gift! But O Lord I know not what I am saying. I speak as if I were capable of making promises, or keeping them, if made, by my own strength, and as if my promises could cause Thee to do me
Any good I look at Thy bounty alone; grant me this favour for the glory of Thy name, and add the grace of making good use of it and of meriting its increase Amen
We all teach our children to repeat the Lord's Prayer: and yet we must often have been painfully aware that they were using words of which they did not know the meaning.
We could not pray to God rightly unless He taught us.
Now if I am actually told what to say, is there anything more I want before I may feel sure God will hear me when I pray? Yes: I must understand when I use these words, what the Words mean.

THE LIFE OF JESUS

JESUS

Far across the great ocean, where the big ships sail, there is a land 

That used to be called the land of Israel. In that land, more than 

Eighteen hundred years ago, a young woman lived whose name was 

Mary. And God sent one of His good angels down from heaven to 

Speak to Mary. 

When she saw the angel she was afraid. But he told her not to be 

Afraid, for he said that God was pleased with her, and would give her a 

Son whose name should be Jesus. And Jesus should be a King, the 

Angel said, greater than any king in the world, because He would be the 

Son of God                                                                                                 

After the angel had told Mary this, he went up to heaven again. 

Now Mary was not rich or great, she was only a poor young woman. 

And her husband was poor too; his name was Joseph, and he was a 

Carpenter. 

After these things Mary and Joseph came to a city named Bethlehem. 

They did not live in Bethlehem; it was not their home. They came 

There to stay only a little while, so they went to the inn, or place where 

Travellers stopped to sleep. But the inn was full of people, and there 

Was no room for them? Then they went into the stable to sleep. 

And while they were there, God gave Mary the little son that the 

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Angel had promised her. And she named the child Jesus. 

It was not in a beautiful house, such as rich people have, 

that Jesus Was born He was born in the stable in Bethlehem. 

Perhaps the Cows and oxen were around Him, lying down asleep, or 

were eating Their food out of the trough, or manger   

And His mother had no nice bed, or cradle, to lay Him in there 

in The stable so when she had wrapt some clothes around Him, 

she laid Him in the manger for His cradle

Now in that country the people used to have a great Many sheep and these sheep

 stayed out in the fields To eat the grass but the fields had no fences around  

Them to keep the sheep from getting lost  And beside the danger of getting lost, 

there were Wild beasts in that land, such as wolves and bears,

 That sometimes came into the fields to kill the sheep. 

Therefore Somebody had to stay with them all the time, 

to keep them from getting Lost or killed.   

The men who stayed with them were called shepherds. 

They stayed With the sheep not only in the day, but in the night too, 

for that was The time when the wild beasts would come to kill them  

 And on the night that Jesus was born, some shepherds were keeping  

Watch over their flocks out in the field. 

And all at once a bright lightShone around them, and an angel came down from heaven

 and spoke To them the shepherds saw the angel and heard his voice, 

and were Very much afraid; for I suppose they had never seen an angel before.

 But the angel told them not to be afraid, for he had come to bring Good news to them,

 and to all the people. There had been born for Them, he said, in the city of Bethlehem,

 a little child who was the Saviour. The angel meant Jesus. 

He called Him the Saviour because He 


 Was the one who had come down from heaven (as I told you before) to?

 Change our wicked hearts into good hearts, and to make us good, 

and To save us from being punished at the Judgment Day   

Then the angel told the shepherds that if they would go to Bethlehem 

they could see this little child. They would know Him, he said, 

By the clothes His mother had wrapped around Him, and by finding Him 

Lay in a manger. 

As soon as the angel had told the shepherds this, there came a 

Great many more angels from heaven, and they all began to speak, and 

To praise God, and to tell how good and kind He is to the people who 

Live in this world. Then the angels went away, up into heaven again.