Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-26
Room In Heaven.

And the city lieth toursquare. and the
length IS rs large as the breadth and he mea
Sured the city ooth the reed II 600 furLonos
The length and the Jreaith and the heigM of Il
are equul fcU 2: I6
Ihae sre some who never thbk of heaven.
In their mind thought of the bette. couutry
would starvo for very loneliness. o hers
thiLk Of ii occasionally. when the voice Of sweet
music steals upon their ear, or Providence or
the preacher lifts them above earth. But when
they do thiuk OF 1t, how poor and meapre their
thoughts; TO them it is barrow. circum scri bed
spot in the universe, small plsc. just large
eoough for their church, but too small to admit
witt 10 its peary enclosure. even the good be =
yond their communion. Such were not The
views entertained by j 0tn when, on the lonely
isle, he saw, 10 grand panoramic view, the
heavenly city.
John was 10 the spirit on the mountain Of
holy contemplation, sOd he bad delightful
Conversation with one of the royal surveyJts of
the heavenly county. He ,sys, verse Is And
be that talked With me hso golden reed to
measure the city, and the gates thereof, and
the Walls thereof The idea he gives to US is,
that there was solldity, 6rmness durability and
strength sII combined with udescribable beauty
surpasspg grandeur and iu6nie glory.
The city, as h, saw it. was 10 the form Of q
msgnihcent cube, of vast dmensioos The sur
veyor had the golden reed. and be measured
the C ty in thu lr-senoe of bis visitor. 1t was
- 0UO urloDgs 5tadmI long, and II 900 fur
Ioogs broad, and II QUO turIongg high. Toe
length, and the breadth. and the height OF it
are tq1al.
10 .ois view Of the great city we are quite 10
harmony with the rsboical book. | nyed not
Ccoupy room with quotations.
10 almos ev,ry other theory proposed great
violence is done to the Gr;tk text. In this 10
terpretation the sense is nslu al, and gtammat.
icsl usrAcliOn respected.
We take the passage as it reads, "l2 600 fur
loogs." which when reduce TO feet and cubed,
is 94S. 93S 0OO, 900 900 100000 600 cubic feet,
the halt OF WbIuh We reserve tor the throne OF
glory aud tie h,avenly court. Half the re
maioder ressrve for the ausel's thrones, do
mi oions, prirepaities and pow,rf. Half of the
remainder | reserve for Gales Isl gardens Of
heavenly fruits ard hJwers. Half OF the 70
maioder reserve for CELESTIAL gardens of hea
| veDly fruits and fl wars. Half of the remsiu-
der for shady bowers and lovely parks. Halt of
the remaioder for the gold r,els aud walks,
and the remslld r, or one thirlyseooGd of the
whole. divide into rooms OF 20 fset square
and 10 feet biph. o: rooms We have ALB
57S l25 600. 600 600 J00
Then | suppose that this world was populstsd
as at present, with say quo 0 0 COO of human be-
| ings. and that three generations passed away
| every hundred yesrs, ,nst is allowing 331 years
| for each generation, and that at the close o
the seventh thoussLdth year the trumpet o
heaven would proclaim that that time would
| be no longer" aud that earlhs population would
all be broug ht home to the city of God
| l also suppose that in the universe of our Faith
er there are 800 OC0 worlds liks ours existing
under the same lumber tenn of years as ours
each having the same number of inhabitants 81
| our own, and each inhabitant obedient to th,
| universal come"
| Take all these mu1Iitudes of human or created
| beings, and the heavenly home the sDgsl meas
| ured for John snd for us. would afford 49 such
| rooms as are measured above for esch iuhst i
tAnt cf all the $40 90 worlds and leave NOR
than 4CO1,N0 CUBIC yet unsurveyed. zane
yet there is room" Bow true it is that sin m.
Fsthsrs house there are many msnsons."-
| W III Poole