The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-12-23

room. They may be better than we are.
but they are Of a divergent tempern-
ment. We would like 10 meet with
them on the golden streets and worship
with them in the temple and walk with
them on the river banks, but ] am glad
TO say that we shall live in different
apartments. "ln my Fathers house
are many rooms" You see. Heaven will
be 50 large that II one wants an entire
room 10 himself or herself it can be at
forded.
An ingenious ststlstieian, taking the
statement made in Revelation. twenty
first chapter, that the Heavenly Jeru-
salem was measured and found 20 be
1900 fudongs and that the length and
height and breadth OF il are equal. says
that would make Heaven in size eiS
sextillion sSS quintilliOn cubic feet. and
then, r~eserving a certain portion for
the court Of Heaven and the streets and
estimating that the world may last a
hundred thousand years. be ciphers out
that there arr over S,000,000, 00l, O0o
rooms. each ~ feet long, 10 feet
wide. Is feet high. But have no faith
in the accuracy % that calculation.
lie makes the rooms too small. From
all / can read, the rooms win be pala.
tial. and those who have not bad enough
room in this world will have plenty Of
room at the last. The fac, is that most
people in this world are crowded. and,
though out on a vast prairie or in a
mountain district people may have
more room than they want in most
cases it is a house built close to house.
ard the streets are crowded, sa5 the
cradle Is crowded by other cradles ana
the graves crowded in the cemetery BY
other graves, and one q the richest
Injuries OF many people in getting out
Of this world viii be the gaining OF ur-
hindered and unersmped room. Andl
should rot wonder IL, instead Of the
room that the statistician eiphered out
as only II feet by 10. it should be
larger than any Of the rooms at Berlin,
ST James OF Winter palace. "In ny
Fathers house arr many rooms"
Carrying out still further the symbol
ism Of the text, let US join hands, and 20
up 10 this majestic homestead and see
for ourselves. As we ascend the golden
steps an invisible guardsman swings
open the front door. and we are ushere6
TO the right into the reception room OF
TIA ola ha-ae4,,l IA. - "
place where we first meet the welcome
OF Heaven. 1nere must De q place
where the departed spirit enters, and 4
place in which Il eonfronts the inhab-
itants celestial. The reception room
Of the newly arrived from this world
scenes il must have witnessed
the first guest arrived, the VIC
tim Of the first fraticide, pious Abel
In that roo Christ lovingly greets all
newcomers. He redeemed them, and
He has the right to the first embrace on
arrival. What a minute when the
assembled spirit first sees the Lord! Bet
ter than all We ever read about Him or
talked about Him OF sang about Him in
all the churches and through all our
earthly lifetime will it be, Just for u
second, to see Him. The most raptur-
Gus idea we ever had Of Him on sacra-
mental days or at the height OF some
great revival or under the uplifted
baton OF an %oratorio is a bankruptcy Of
thought compared with the first fash
Of His appearance in that reception
room. At that moment when you con-
front each other. Christ looking upon
you and you looking upon Christ, there
will he IN ecstatic thrill and surging OF
emotion that beggar all description.
They need no introduction.
Long ago Christ chose that repentant
and that repentant sinner chose
Mightiest moment OF an i'm.
mortal history-the first kiss Of Heav-
Jesus and the SOUL The soul and
But now into that reception room
pour the glorihed hnsfolk, enough OF
retention 70 let youknOw them.