is the disposition of the "carnal mind" to hush the pleadings of the
hungry, thirsting spirit by bidding it wait until some future time when
its demands will be given attention. The "flesh" gains its pleasures at
the cost of the soul's rest, and when the soul gains rest it must be at
the cost of the lust of the flesh, and thus the war goes on between the
flesh and the spirit. How often in the days of one's youth the soul
struggles hard for freedom and pleads for rest; the "flesh" quiets its
fears by promising to yield to its desires in maturer years. Old age comes
on, and the flesh, unwilling yet to make a sacrifice of the world, bids
the restless soul to hope for joy in heaven.

This delusive scheme often proves a success, allowing the flesh to go on
reaping its carnal lusts with the soul endeavoring to satisfy itself with
the hope of rest above. It is true there are wondrous joys in heaven, but
it is not all who shall get to enjoy them. It is very dangerous and
delusive to encourage the heart to hope for a home in heaven when the
flesh still loves this world. Bright hopes of endless glory in the world
above cheer us on amid the storms of life to that precious goal, but we
would not desire you to pass through this world heavy-laden, with a hope
of unloading your cargo of sorrow and pain somewhere in the beyond and
being happy there. As we cross the ocean of life, there is to be found a
blessed port where you can discharge your load of sin and sorrow and take
on joys to your vessel's full capacity. Beyond life's sail there remains
no port of exchange. The soul fitted for the delights of heaven, enjoys
heavenly delights in this world. In the divine economy there is a
sufficiency of grace to enable the soul to be blessedly at rest amid the
most trying circumstances of life. When our happy spirits, no longer
holden by the house of clay, shall soar away to heavenly rest, scenes and
experiences will arise of such a nature as to greatly enhance the felicity
of our hearts, but the revelation of heaven upon a pardoned soul, and

"The enjoyment of heavenly bliss
E'en in a world like this,"

to the humble Christian heart can never be told. Do not therefore, dear
reader, permit the thoughts of great happiness in the paradise above, nor
of some fancied coming age of universal peace and joy on earth, to hide
from your soul the precious realization of heavenly enjoyments, sweet
walks with God, and tastes of love in thi