Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-11-11
Dr.. Talmage breaches on the Glories
Of Our Fathers House.
There Are In It Many Rooms, sns
There IL Place for Every
One Of Cod's Chill


house are many rooma
Here is q bottle of medicine that 10 a
cur. all. Ths disciples were sad, and
Christ offered Heaven "a an alternative,
n stimulant and a tonic. He shows
them that their sorrows are only dark
Background of a bright picture of com
ing felicity. BE let's them know that,
though they live on the lowlands, they
shall yet have a house on the uplands-
Nearly eli the Biole descriptions OF
Heaven may be fgurative. / am not
positive that In all Heaven there il n
literal crown or harp or pesrly gate or
throne OF chariot. They may be only
used TO illustrate the glorieS Of the
place. but how we'll they do i'll The ia
vorite symbol by which the Bible pre-
sents celestial happiness is house.
Paul, who never owned house. al
though he hired one for two years in
Italy, speaks OF Heaven as a house noi
made with hands" and Christ ia our /
text. the translation OF which is lit \
tls changed. 30 as to give the more ae-
curate meaning. SAYS: In my Fathers |
house are many rooms"
This Divinely authorized comparison
OF Heaven 60 a great homestead OF large
accommodations I propose TO carry out
in some healthy neighborhOOd a man
builds a very commolOus habitatiou.
He must have room for all his children.
The rooms come 10 be called after the
different members OF the family. That
a. mothers room. that il Georges room
that Is Henry's room, that Is Flora's
room. that is Mary's room, and the
house is all occupied. But time goes by,
and the sons go out into the world and
build their own homes. and the daugh-
tiers are married or have talents enough
eingly 10 20 out and dc a good work IL
the world After awhile the father an0
mother are almost alone tn the house.
and. seated by the evening stand. they
say: We'll, our family is no larger
row than when we started together ~
years ago" But time goes still farther
by, and some OF the children are unfor-
tunAte. and return 20 the old homestead
90 live. aud the grandchildren come
with them. and perhaps great-g-aLd-
children. and again the house is full.
Millennis ago God built on the hills OF
Heaven a great homestead fo- family
innumerable, yet 70 be. Al first lie lived
alone in that great house. but after
awile IL was occupied by very large
family. cherubic, sersphic, angelic.
The eternities passed on. and many OF
the inhabitants became wayward and
left, never 20 return. and many OF the
apartments were vacated. / refer 10 the
fallen angels. Now these apartments
are filing up again. There are arrivals
at the old homestead Of Gods children
every day. and the day will come wher
there will be no unoccupied room in al
the house.
As you and I expect &c enter Il anC
make there eternal residence. though
you would like 90 get some more par
ticulArs about the many roomed home
stead "In my Fathers house are man,
rooms" You see the place is 20 be ap
portIoned OF into apartments. We shal
love all who are in Heaven, but Their
are some very good people whom W
would not want TO live with in the san;
room. They may be better than we are
but they are Of a divergent tempers
uent. We would like 20 meet wit
them on the golden streets and worshi
with them IN the temple and walk wit
them on the river banks. but am gla
20 say that we shAll live In differer
apartments. ''In my Fathers hous
are many rooms" You see. Heaven wi
be 90 large hat II one wants On entii
room TO himself or herself il can be .
forded.
An ingenious statisticisn, taking ti
statement made In Revelation, twent
nrst chapter, that the Hsaveuly Jer
salem was measured and 70 and 20
$4,000 surlongs and that the length M
keight and breadth of IL are equal, ga
that would make Heaven in size Q
sextillioa sss quintillion cubic feet. NJ
thea, reserving . certain portion I
The court OF heaven and the streets III
estimating that the world may last
hundred thousand years, he ciphers o
Shat there are over 5.0oo. 900, ,o0o, {
rooms, each room II feet long, 10 fs
wide, Is feet high. But ! have no fai
An the accuracy OF that calculate
lie makes the rooms too small. Fro
ali can read, the rooms will be pa
tial. and those who have not had enou
room in this world will have plenty
room at the last. The fact IL that M
people In this world are crowded, o.
though out on q vast prairie OF In
mountain district people may h
more room than they want, in 10
eases IL IL house built close TO hor
and the streets are crowded. and
cradle Is crowded by other cradles, I
the graves crowded in the cemetery
other graves, and enc Of the rich
luxuries Of many people in getting
of this world viii be the gaining Of
hindsred and unorampsd room. ~
should not wonder II. instead ct
~cov.. that The zta Il a4ician aiohoPod