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
Whatever of incomprehensible mystery our hypothesis of those
far-distant _suns_ and _heavens_ may involve, we feel satisfied of the
correctness of our theory in regard to our own, and our mind is
equally impressed with the probability of all the other planets
belonging to the Sun's domain, being inhabited by living
intelligences, and that, in the order of their Creator's arrangement,
they too find their heaven of eternal existence there. We know there
is room for all and to spare, within that heavenly empire, and would
be if they and our own earth should remain repeopling and passing
thither for cycles of ages to come; for, as we have seen from
astronomical measurement, it is computed to be more than one million
times the size of this earth.
How enrapturing the thought, that there we may not only meet the
prophets and seers of old; the apostles and martyrs; "those who went
up through great tribulations," "who washed their robes and made them
white in the blood of the Lamb;" our counselling ministers, who have
assisted us in the way; there the loved ones of our hearts, who have
already left us and this world of "sin and sorrow," and are now safely
at "home;" there other loved ones who are yet on this earth and are
striving with us for a home in that "better land;" but also, perhaps,
there we shall meet messengers, and children of God from all the other
worlds belonging to the Sun, or that heaven's domain; and with the
innumerable company of angels, and all the ransomed hosts, dwell
forever with our Saviour in the glory-light of the Spirit of God. O,
who will not seek and strive for a _home in heaven_?
_A PLACE FOR THE WICKED._
That there are two separate places and conditions--one for the
righteous and the other for the wicked--we cannot doubt. In regard to
no other fact are the revelations of God and declarations of the
Scriptures more clear and explicit. This of itself should startle
every inhabitant of Earth; cause due and solemn reflection; and
incline every one to search for light, and truth, and for the way of
salvation.
In stating the facts contained in this volume, it has not been our
design to indulge in a tirade against those who seem careless and
indifferent in regard to their own souls' eternal interest. If our
picture makes the final doom of the wicked a fearful one, we have only
presented the declarations of God through his prophets, and of the
Saviour and his apostles. These declarations are startling, when
properly considered, and should awaken every mind to the consideration
of what must be their final destiny, if they continue to neglect the
overtures of mercy. The law of God is fearful in its denunciations
against the wicked, and its sentence will be sternly executed.
Therefore we would "persuade all to be Christians."
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