Show OUR TREASURES IN HEAVEN An Eloquent Address at the Opera House by Mrs E L Watson Notwithstanding the lectures in the different churches and the attractive meeting at the Tabernacle last evening a large audienc greeted Mrs E L Watson Wat-son at the Walker Opera House The subject was one calculated to draw a large crowd and it can be truly said that of all the religious gatherings in the city last evening none were addressed by amore a-more able or eloquent speaker than the one in the Walker Opera House Mrs Watsons language is pure and forcible and her reasoning plain and convincing She began the lecture by proving that mail does live beyond the grave not as a miracle from God II but as a fact of nature As every material good awaits us all alike saint and sinner prince and pauper pau-per so every immaterial good awaits us all Heaven is for all and all shall enjoy it Upon this hope of mans immortality immortal-ity all religious systems had been based It was a strong nugget of spiritual law gleaming upon the ledges of our everyday every-day life as gold glitters from the rocks of the everlasting lulls ana me Bight cheers the heart of the lonely prospector The gift of life continues to all and God is not so niggardly as to begrudge it to us beyond the grave Mrs Watson claimed that the truth in regard to mans future life could be ascertained as-certained by the scientific spiritualist and tm such she could say what our treasures in heaven would be She stated that man would live beyond the grave just as he conducts himself upon earth His individuality would be retained re-tained He would be just as rich in intelligence in-telligence just as full of affection and no more Memory will be one of the most prec ious of our treasures in heaven The memory of all our good deeds all our tender ministrations all our joyswhat would immortality be without them I Those whom we have loved will be among our treasures in heaven not as angels setting on the right hand of God waiving palm branches but as angels of mercy and goodness The continuation of all our faculties will bo another heavenly treasure Faith and hope will come to all beyond the grave It is a horrible doctrine an insult in-sult to man that death ends all to the guilt No soul is so lost but somewhere in the wide expanse of spiritual life for it some star shall shine and to it hope shall come The sinner will have more time and another opportunity to do good There will be a chance for one to increase I in-crease his desire for the truth Each I man will be to his talent and each man to his place The tears we shed and every pulse of love we feel toward a brother is sacred in our Fathers sight and will insure us a hearty welcome into the life beyond the grave We are now but whetting the tools for our future life j mortal life is but a preparation for the life immortal and let us so conduct ourselves that when < leatn mat angel in uisguise comes upon us we can give it a cheerful welcome Mrs Watson dismissed the audience with a benediction and all went away well pleased and sorry that they could not have another oppoitunity to hear so talented a speaker Mrs Watson leaves today for the East to visit friends |