Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-10
Room fn Heaven

And the city lieth four square and the length large as the breadth and he measured the city with tha reed twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of 1t are equal" Rev ?: 16.
 There are some who never think of heaven. In their mind thought of the better coun- try would starve for very loneliness. tuners think of it occasionally, when the voice of sweet music steals upon their ear. or Provi- dence or the preacher lifts them above earth. Rut when they do think of it, how poor and meagre their thoughts; to them it is mar row, circumscribed spot in the universe, a small place just large enough for thelr church, but too small to admit within it's pearly en- closure even the good beyond their commu- nion. Such were not the views entertained by John when, on the lonely isle, he saw, in grand panoramic view, the heavenly city
 John was Tn the Spirit on the mountain of holy contemplation, and he had delightful conversation with one of the royal surveyors of the heavenly country. He says, verse 15, sAnd he that talked with me had golden rod to measure the city, and the gates there of and the walls thereof" The idea he gives us is, that there was solidity, frmness, durability, and strength, all combined with indescribable beauty, surpassing grandeur and infinite glory.
 The city, as he saw it, was in the form of a magnificent cube, of vast dimensions. The surveyor had the golden reed, and he meas ured the city in the presence of his visitor. It was 12, GOO furlongs (stG7tt) long, and l2,- 900 furlongs broad, and 12,000 furlongs high. The length and the breadth and the h height of it are equal.
 In this view of the great city we are quite in harmony with the rabinical book. need not occupy room with quotations.
 In almost every other theory proposed great violence is done to the Greek text In this interpretation the sense is natural and grammatical construction respected.
 We take the passage as it reads, "12. GOO furlongs," which, when reduced to feet and cubed, is 94S, ,93S, ,O00 GOO, ,0OO O00, GOO, 900 cu bic feet. The half of which we reserve for the throne of glory and the heavenly court. Half of the remainder reserve for the angels thrones, dominions municipalities and powers. Half of the remainder reserve for celestial gardens of heavenly fruits and flow ers Half of the remainder for shady bowers and lovely parks. Half of the remainder for the golden streets and walks, and the remain der, or one thirty second of the whole, di- vide into rooms of twenty feet square and ten feet high. Of rooms we have 7.413,- 57s, 125 ,O00, ,OOO, ,OOo, 900.
 Then suppose that this world was popu- lated as at present, with say 900, GOO, GOO of human beings, and that three generations passed away every hundred years, that is al- lowing 33t years for each generation, and that at the close of the seven thousndth year, the trumpet or heaven would ProShaim that sstime would be no longer" and that earth's population would all be brought home to the city of God.
 I also suppose that in the universe of our Father there are eight hundred thousand worlds like ours existing under the same term of years as ours; each having the same number of inhabitants as our own and each inhabitant obedient to the universal sscome."
 Take all these multitudes of human or ere ated beings, and the heavenly home the angel measured for John and for us, dear reader, would afford forty nine such rooms as are measured above for each inhabitant of all the eight hundred thousand worlds,ss and leave more than four millions of cubic feet yet un- surveyed. tsAnd yet there is room" Oh, how true it is that fin my Fathers house there are many mansions w H. Poole,