But it is no’ the method of Christ or
his apostles after him to give whut
may bo cal'.ed definite physiological
phik>so| hieAl knowledge covering
the whole ground of the nature of
Heuven and the nature of our occu
pations and conditions when we shall
reach it. Hut you must not suppose
that the heavenly existence is prac
tically annihilated and all comfort
taken away from the belief of it be
cause it is ioft vague. The method
by which th'- great truths and reali
ties of the heavenly state are taught
are a thousand times better adapted
to promote zeal and enthusiasm aud
!endurance than if they had been
taught in a philosophical method in
respect to details and particulars, fur
the imagination is that very door
through which childhood learns be
fore it emerges from childhood, the
things that are beyond it. It is the
very way in which common people
help thems* Ives when they have no
special knowledge. Now we are as
children, not competent to under
stand the tl ings that lie far beyond
us. They «>ro wholly beyond the
reach of our experience of that other
lite. There’ore, all instruction given
to us on thii subject is given to the
rea-on through the imagination.
The ins riieuon of the New Testa
ment is given to us upon that meth
od. It is the truth of God addressed
to our heart*, rather than our reason,
and to our affections through our
iinsginatioi.
That HeasVen which you think of
and I think of is purely imaginary.
Imaginatioi in the pathway between
the flesh an« the spirit. It is that
which gives? to every man aspiration.
