The Spirit of God as Fire; the Globe Within the Sun Our HeavenMortimore, D.
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The Spirit of God as Fire; the Globe Within the Sun Our Heaven
Mortimore, D.
Heaven; Sun
But of that "home in heaven." "Glorious things are spoken of thee, O
City of God." There love, peace, and joy forever reigns. There is the
"full fruition" and realization of "the hope of the glory of God."
There "their lines have fallen to them in pleasant places." There they
realize "fulness of joy," and their heritage "pleasures for evermore."
There they find "that inheritance which is incorruptible, undefiled,
and that fadeth not away." There they have a home in an enduring city,
whose foundations are eternal. There the palms of victory; and crowns
of glory. There they walk the gold-paved streets of the city, or
wander at pleasure in the 'Garden of the Lord,' or amidst forests
green, or pleasant groves. There the crystal fountains play their
sparkling waters in the light of eternal day, and the "river of life"
flows "from beneath the throne of God," onward and onward, meandering
through, and encircling the vast realm of that heavenly empire. There
perennial spring, and never-fading flowers. There old age and
decrepitude are never known, but all clothed upon with "garments of
righteousness," will live and dwell in perpetual immortal youth,
through the ever-recurring cycles of endless eternity. Angels of God
are there. The Prophets, Apostles, and Martyrs are there; ministers of
God are there; some of our kindred friends are there; others of them
will _soon_ be there. The redeemed of earth, who were accepted of the
Lord are there, and the remainder of the "ransomed hosts," are now
pressing on, or coming after, and _will all be there_, and form an
innumerable company which no one can number, each can form pleasant
associations there, never to be broken up, "For nothing shall disturb
in all the holy mountains." Reader, are you striving for that HAPPY
HOME?
_CONCLUSIVE AND CONCLUDING ARGUMENT._
The Sun is held by all Philosophers and Astronomers to be the central
pivot of the solar system, and the _loadstone power of attraction_,
which governs, steadies, and controls all its surrounding
planet-worlds in their orbits. So great is its power of attraction,
that a counter-balancing force was necessary to keep the machinery of
Nature in order. This force is produced by the attracting power of the
various planet-worlds, placed in proper positions in surrounding
space, and thus furnishing the _centrifugal_, to counterbalance the
_centripetal_ force _ascribed_ to the Sun, by which means our earth,
and the other planets, are kept whirling in their elliptical orbits,
and thus each prevented from being drawn by the superior centripetal
or attracting power of that globe into certain destruction by the
fires of the _Sun_.
This is the hypothesis, we believe, of every Philosopher and
Astronomer of the present day.
Now let us examine this hypothesis, and see if it does not foreshadow
and sustain our own.
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