The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-19
Ho~ Heaven Looks.

"In my Fathers house there are many mansions How true is this of the heav- enly home the angel measured for St.
 Iohn. What a delightful conversation
 John had with the surveyor of heaven, and what grand panoramic view he had of the heavenly city. John describes the city as cube of vast dimensions The royal surveyor in Johns presence measured the city with golden reed. and il was twelve thousand furlongs in length. twelve thousand furlongs broad, and twelve thousand furlongs high. The space of this heavenly scouu when reduced to feet and cubed. 9lS.o45 5.ooo.ooo,o ,ooo,ooo,- : ooo.ooo. The. wall of the city has twelve foundations of jasper stone. and Tn them the names of the twelve apostles of the
 Lamb. The city had twelve gates, and m the gates twelve angels. and names writ ten thereon-the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. The foun- dation walls of the city are adorned with all manner of precious stones. such as Jas per. sapphire. calcedony, emerald. sordo- nyx. sardias, beryl, topaz. orysoprasus, Ja- cinth and amethyst. The streets of the city are pure gold. and the city is lighted with the Lamb. He IS the lamp of the city. ard it needeth no sun or moon to shine in it, for the glory of God enligh,ens it. The heavenly city as seen by John on the lonely Isle of Patmos. besides its so- lidity. strength and durability. IS one of inde,cribable beauty. surpassing grandeur and infinite glory.
 A writer who has reduced the furiongs
 xf th hoa f1os that one thiry-second part of the city divided into rooms of 20 feet square and 10 feet high. would give .+I3.57S,i25.- ooo.ooo.ooo. Then suppose that this world was populated as at present with 9oo.ooo.ooo of human souls, and that three generations pass away every one hundred years. allowing 5 IS years for each generation. and at the close of the seven thousandth year the truinpets of heaven would proclaim that " time would be no longer, and that earth's popula- ton would all be brought into the heavenly city, there would still be thousands of millions of empty rooms. Even suposing that in the universe of our Father there are Soo 900 worlds like ours existing for the same number ofyears as ours . each one having the same number of inhabi- tants as our own. and each one invited 10 the city of God, still that heavenly home would have millions of empty mansions. That heavenly city, measured for John, would afford scores of rooms as described above for each inhabitant of the 8oo.ooo worlds. This space of Gods city taken for rooms for the multitudes ofhuman be- ings. is but small era of the heavenly home. Two-thirds of the GAS .o32 900 .ooo.- ooo.oooooo.ooo ofthe cubic feet are re- served for the throne of glory and the heavenly court; for angels thrones. dominions. prineipalities and powers : for celestial gardens of heavenly fruits and flowers for shady bowers and lovely parks. and for golden streets and walks a Into this city shall not enter anything that is dehled. or any one who worketh abomlnation.8 Are there ny-who never think Of heaven. nor yearn for ad- mittance within its pearly enclosure: Are there any who do no, yearn for citizen ship in that city where there Is solidity. firmness. durability and strength. com bined with indescribable beauty. sarpass- ing grandeur and infinite glory? O. wha, a glorious view was Johns. when on the lonely isle he saw in grand pano- ramie view the heavenly city.