The Red Cloud chief., 1889-07-12

.: elm nv Fathers house are many
room.." H. said:
Here is . bOtt Q of medicine that is q
cure-aiL Tho disciples were sad and
Christ Oferei Heaven rs an alternative, q
stimu!ant and . tonic. He show them
that their sOrrows are only . dark back
ground Of bright p ure OF coming fell
city. He lots them know that though now
they live ON the lowland. they shall 70,
have a hcu .e on the uplands. Nearly all
Of the Bible descriptions OF Heaven may
b figurative. l am not positive that In
al Heaven there 10 . literal crown or harp
or pearly gate or throne or chariot They
may BE- only used to illustrate the glories
OF the place, but how we'll tbey do II! The
sens eel. stial happiness 10 . house. Paul.
who never owned q house, although he
hired one for two years in Italy, speaks OF
Heaven ~ "a house not made with
hands" and Christ in our text ths trans.
lstion Of which Is a little changed 50 IS to
give he more accurate meaning. say:
"In my Fathers b use are many rooms"
This divinely authorized comparison Of
Heaven to q great homestead of large &C.
c~ommodations l propose to carry out. In
some hsalihy neighborhood q man builds
. very commodious habiia'ion. He must
have room for all his children. The rooms
must como to be called after different
members OF the family. That 10 mothers
room. That is Georges room. That 10
Henry's room That Is Flora's room.
That il Mary's room. And the house 10
all occupied. But time COOS BY and the
sons go out into the world and lu;ld their
own homes and the daughters are married
or have Talents enough to g out and do
good work in the world After awhile the
father and mother are almo, Il alone In the
big house, and seated by the evening
stand they say: ''Well, our family Is n,
larger n0w than when W. started together
FORTY years ago" Bit time ,es sill
further ty and som. Of the oh ldren are
unfortunate aad re,urn to the old home.
stead to live, and the grandchildren. and
perhaps ihs great-g and .hildren, and
again tbs house is full.
Many millenia ago God built on the hills
Of Heaven . great homestead for . family
innumerable yet to be. At first He lived
alone in that great house, but after Q
while it was occupied by . very large
family. cherubic, seraphic. angelic. Tho
O'S ssSsCO P"CoO VI ~ ADoAy Va tu0 !.
habftants became Maynard and left never
to return. And many Of the apartments
were vacated. l refer to the fallen angels.
Now these apartments arc filing M
again. There are arrivals ct the old
homestead OF Gods children every dav,
and the day will como when there will b
no unoccupied room in all tho house. As
You and l expect to enter it aud make
there eternal residence. I thought yoY
would like to get some moro particulars
about that many roomed Homestead. 'In
Fathers house. are many ROOM" You
sec the place is to be apporiioned OF into
apartments. We shall love all who are in
Heaven, but there are some very good
people whom we would not want to live
with in b ssme room. They may
10 better. than we are, but they are
Of . divergent Temperament. We would
like to meet tbem on The golden streets
and worship with them in the temple and
walk with them on the river hanks, but I
am glad tosay that We shall live in differ.
ent apartments. tin my Fathers house
are many rooms"
You see Heaven will be 20 large
b q II n wan an entire room
to himself OF herself it can be af.
forded. An ingenious staiistician, taking
b statement made in Revelat on, twenty.
first chapter, that the heavenly Jeru salem
was measured and found to be / 2,OOO fur.
longs and that the length and height and
breadth Of it arc equal, says that wouli
Heaven in size 94S sextillion 5SS auin.
iilliOn cubic feet, and then. reserving q
certain portion for the Court Of Heaven
and the streets, and estimating that the
world may last 100. 1910 years. he ciphers
out that there are over five trillion rooms
each room II feet long. Is feet wide, Is
feet high. But / have no faith in the &C.
OF that calculation. He makes The
too small. From all 1 can real. the
rooms will b palatial, and those who have
not had enough room in this world will
have plenty Of room at the last.
The TACT ID Il at people in this world arc
crowded. and. though out on . vast prai-
rio or in . mountain distr ct, people may
have moro o than they want, in most
cases il is house built close to house. and
streets are crowded and the cradle is
by other cradles, and the graves
crowded in the cemetery by other graves.
and ono Of tho richest Injuries of many
people in getting out Of his world will b
the gaining Of unhindered and uncramped
room. And I should not wonder il in.
of the room that the statisiician
out as only seventeen feet by
it should be larger than any Of
imperial rooms at Berlin, st James or
Winter palace. "ln my Fathers house
are many rooms"
Carrying out still further the symbolism
Of the text lot us ] lin hands and 20 up to
this msjestic homestead and SEQ for our
selves. As We ascend the golden steps an
guardsman swings open the
front door and We are ushered TO the right
into the reception room Of the old home.
stead. That Is the place whore We first
meet the welcome of Heaven. There must
b . place where The departed spirit enters
and Q place in which IL confronts the in.
celestial The reception room
II the newly srrived from this world
what scenes Il must have witnessed since |
The first guest arrived, the victim OF the |
fratricide. pious AbeL In that
room Christ Lovingly greeted all new
:omers. He redeemed them and he has
The right to the first embrace on their n. |
rival. What . minute when the ascended
.pirit first sees the L ,rd. Better than. all
ever read about Him or talked about |
Him or sang about Him in all the churches
md through all our earthly lif.time. will.
t be. just for oue second to see Him Tbs
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