The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-11
0IfR HOME In HEAVEN
y, ralmage breaches on the Glories
of Our Fathers House.
.,... Are In u Many Rooms, and
rhere Is place for Every
one of GOd's Chil-
dren.
,c,svr.ght, 1899, by Louis Klopsoh)
VIZ Washington,

L.
~. sermon under the figure of u home;
gt John 1l:2: in my father.
,p.e are many rooms
Here is a bottle of medicine that is q
.nre ALL The disciples were sad, and
Christ offered Heaven as an alternative
sHmulaEt aud a tonic. He shows
ncm that their sorrows are only dark
background of bright picture Of com.
t,g felicity. He let's them know that,
,,opph they live on the lowlands, they
,,oll vet have a house on the uplands,
>,arly all the Bible descriptions OF
Heaven may be tigurative. l am not
,,sitiye that in all Heaven there is a
literal crown or harp or pearly gate or
,,rone or chariot. They may be only
sed TO Illustrate the glories of The
,Ioce. but how well they do i'll The ia
rorite symbol by which the Bible pre-
sspts celestial happiness is a house.
Paul. who never owned a house, al
though he hired one for two years in
,,aIy speaks of Heaven as a "house not
made with hands," and Christ in our
text. the translation Of which is a lit
,.e changed, so as TO give the more ac-
,urate meaning, says: I'm my Fathers
iouse are many rooms"
This Oiyinely authorized comparison
Of Heaven to a great homestead Of large
accommodations | propose to carry out.
In some healthy neighborhood a man
al L.
He must have room for all his children.
The rooms come to be called after the
different members Of the family. That
1, mother's room, that is Georges room,
that is Henry's room, that is Flora's
r9om, that is Mary's room, and the
louise is all occupied. But time goes by,
ind the sons 60 out into the world and
luild their own homes, and the daugh-
tiers are married or have talents enough
augy to 90 out and do good work i'm
rhe world. After awhile the father and
mother are almost alone in the house.
and, seated by the evening stand, they
cav: We'll, our family is no larger
now than when we started together 40
years ago But time goes still farther
BY. and some OF the children are unfor-
mnate, and Tetnrn TO the old homestead
10 live, and the grandchildren come
with them, and perhaps great-grand-
children, and again the house is full.
Millennia ago God built on the hills OF
Heaven great homestead for a family |
hnumerable. yet to be. At first He lived
alone in that great house, but after
awile it was occupied by very large
family, cherubic, seraphic, angelic.
The eternities passed on, and many OF I
the inhabitants became hayward and |
left, never to return, and many of the |
apartments were vacated. Irefer to the
fallen angels. Now these apartments
IRE filing up again. There are arrivals
At the old homestead of Gods children
every day, and the day will come when
there will be no unoccupied room in all
the house
As you and | expect to,enter it and
make there eternal residence, thought
you would like to get some more par
tculars about the many roomed home
stead, In my Fathers house are many
rOoms.' You see the place is to be APP
Doruoned off into apartments. We shall
love all who are in Heaven, but there
Ire some very good people whom we
would not want TO live with in the same
'oom. They may be better than we are,
but they are of a divergent tempera-
aent. We would like to meet with
hem ON the golden streets and worship
WITH them in the temple and walk with
mem on the river banks, but am glad
o say that we shall live in different
partments. I'm my Fathers house
re many rooms" You see, Heaven will
e so large that if one wants an entire
Dom to himself or herself it can be af- {
orded.
An ingenious statistician, taking the
'atement made in Revelation, twenty Y
TSt chapter, that the Heavenly Jeru- c
Aem was measured and found to be {
1900 turIongs and that the length and {
eight and breadth of it are equal, says
lat would make Heaven in size 9is \
'Ntlllion 9SS quintilIon cubic feet, and +
zen, reserving a certain portion fer |
le court of Heaven and the streets and
that the world may last a Il
lndred thousand years, he ciphers out 1
AT there are over 5000, 0OO,O0O,00C a
oms, each room II feet long, 1G feet II
Ide' 10 feet high. But ! have no faith O
the accuracy of that calculation. b
makes the rooms too small. From k
can read, the rooms will be pala- b
w. and those who have not had enough b
ON IN this world will have plenty Of G.
ON at the last. The fact is that most +,
ople in this world are crowded, and, h
ough out on vast prairie or in u b
'uhtaln district people may have L
IRE room than they want, in most W
ses IT is a house built close to house. ID
u me streets are crowded, and the Q
iule Is crowded by other cradles, and II
graves crowded in the cemetery by |
'er graves, AID one of the richest d.
'urIeS OF many people in getting out al
'nls world will be the gaining OF I'M y
iuered and uncramped room. And | y
'"ld not wonder if, instead of the 50
IN mat the statistician ciphered out W
only II feet by 16, it should be m
ger than any of the rooms at Berlin, d.
James or Winter palace. In my
,nef house are many rooms" h,
out still further the symbol m
VI the text, let us join hands, and go de
10 TINS majestic homestead and see "
ourselves. As we ascend the golden al
p an invisible guardsman swings VI
~ tne front door. and we are ushered Ia
'"e right into the reception room OF an
Oiu homestead. That is the first la
Ig where we first meet the welcome st
heaven. There must be a place Il