| Show PHO TO IO Is III there progress In heaven U is II the question asked by lIy II the Chicago Ameri merl American can Is there In other words change chango growth improvement In tIm UIA future life or Is that life lite as aR was ae formerly very nr largely Imagined one of or eternal flame earns nose or never ending eliding monotony The paper mentioned replies to It its III ques question tion lion by hy thiM of questions nit nil of which are nf tt the truth on all tills this matter What hat Is he the essential characteristic that intellect would risk ask sk tar for In lit in an Ideal abode is III it not Is b It possible to conceive of happl hap l ne neo flees Without change and especially without Improvement Tan lIn cn we conceive C of the same songs being sung forever through endless bil lill hone of or years 18 nn n we conceive of ot the ame conver toner conversations the same lame the annie mental attitude can uan IA we e in m I snort conceive co n cei ve a condi cantU c r om 11 it can uan IA we e in m I snort conceive co n cei ve a condi cantU c r om 11 it condition tion Uon in which QUESTIONS QU do not como 1111 up for fur mental dl dIscussion cu lon slon Where Whom the tho mind Inri works there must mallet be lie progress nirl nul all arrow th W Sr t cannot conceive eternal without mental activity and ond hence h nee without growth There Thee are lit two sources from which the tI e enquirer may draw dm Information as nl asto asto to 10 this Important subject One Ono In IR the revealed word vord and anIh another Is II logical deduction I IThe The TIme Scriptures toll tell us that thoro there nrc ara i dere detre s i of at bliss In the future tu lure Just as one ohe star differs from another In bright brightness nUB ness It explains that come romo are to be rulers ruler over liver five 00 others over OSSI ten That certainly Indicates the possibility of or progress For l or no nu Intelligent being belll ron cnn be occupied an as a ruler without acquiring new ne Ideas III Q S new lons more experience and thus bun qualifying himself for tor nn eta n enlarged l Meld neld of activity the Ehe future state must mUfit either be lie one Df bf Progress or a n nirvana without Individual conscious consciousness nest ness nell without Individual activity lY Hut But there I is III no doubt of eternal pro pIO progress i gress I I from analogy the I conclusion la Is certain Here lIere the Infant grows s antI and Intellectually un until til UI It possibly Into Inlo a n Newton ewton or a Shakespeare The lh development must hlll l continue c e And when the elements that lif rc retard progress are eliminated ed td It will wilt be rapid The doctrine of or eternal progression hISS has he been n tty y clearly taught In the Church of or Jesus Christ of Saints by b Its It Inspired lenders leaders It Is proclaimed ng nil the tho very er law of ot our be he beIng belog log Ing That which does docs not advance re retreats treats That which does not go so for tor forward weird ward goes gues backward hack ward There Is no inertia In lii the universe Variety Is 5 ex CX exhibited In all the works of the Creator as Re seen een In the ph world worl It la Is I err certainly the th same In the spiritual spheres anti and of or this there IS la no doubt wh when m n modern revelation is 18 s compre comprehended headed It should be said nid however hoever that t the conditions of ot a n future life have never bun beta fully tull revealed r In any UI reve rere I 4 I lotions lations recorded for tor tho the Instruction of ot mankind The Tho Apostle Paul 1111 wee was per permitted to MO see ea much of ot the tho glory lory on tho the theother other side of ot the tho veil ell but not to record 1 lila his Tho The Prophet Joseph too In tho the In ono of the most glorious visions ever aver given to toman man beheld the mysteries of or His Ills Golla GoJo Kingdom but ho lie Was wan com corn commanded mandod not hot to 0 Write about them be bo beyond yond tile the statement that hut they thoy all understanding In glory Klon anti and In might and In dominion Neither ho adds Is III man capable to make them known for tor they are only to bu be Jet soon soun ant nm understood by the power of or tho the Holy Spirit This Is 18 at present the tha position of the tile revealed r word woid us liS to tile the details of lt a I future life lIro In happiness ss They are oro veiled to mortal eyes ees for tor tho the purpose Hut this thin much Is 1 per 1101 perfectly clear that the Iho happiness ot of the redeemed wilt will bo lie perfect and umi that ono one feature of ot that th t happiness Is hi the tho possibility of ot progressing t In Intellect In iii wis svia wisdom dom doni power and anti glory story In the lang language ungo of Vaul Jut But wo We all with open taco face nit us In a n glass glaha labs tho the glory gior of or the tue Lord arc uro changed into the SaM sama from glory to glory glor even Cen as asby asb asby by b the tho Spirit pInit of ot the thu Lord From glory to glory Is li tile tho motto of hell hea heaven hellen ven en |
