Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1876 Excerpt: ... Condemnation of another, for God alone sees and knows the inner Man, we see not as God sees; therefore, the Christian Hope in Jesus is Hope for all. And it may be believed that the Saints in Paradise do, for the Glory of God, pray for the Saints in Christ's Church on Earth, and further, specially for those they loved on Earth, whose probation is not yet completed, to the end that they may be upheld by Grace, and delivered in the Hour of Temptation. But no prayer of Man can avail to mitigate any Suffering of the Soul that is saved and received into Paradise, for there is no Sin or Suffering there. Therefore the Communion of Saints consists in that Bond of Holiness whereby every holy Soul, whether on Earth or in Paradise, has an innate perception that he is one with all other Souls who are in Chr1st Jesus; that his Hopes, his desires, his Aspirations, are, with theirs, all for one and the same end, the Glory of God in Jesus Chr1st; and as all, to each Soul, is by the Grace of Jesus, their Communion is a holy Communion of the Soul one with another, and all in Him, their living Head, their Lord and their God, their Redeemer and Saviour. It would appear that in the Communion of Saints holy Souls, whether in Paradise or on Earth, have Unison with each other to the Glory of Jesus; but that Souls in Paradise are not cognizant of the affairs of Man on Earth, but have the power of recognition of each other. That we on Earth may pray with, not to, the Saints in Paradise for our mutual advancement and Growth in Holiness; but in nowise may we on Earth ever pray for their purification from Sin, or deliverance from Suffering there, for neither Sin nor Suffering are in Paradise. F1nally, those in Paradise may pray for Christ's Church on Earth, but we all, both we and they,...
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