The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-11-10

WI, 'lut llueiN ibhiil, iit HtdtH ual ttlA
of cadence and hythm. symphony and
chant, psalm aud autiphou. May VT
be there some hour WHEN Haydn sits
at the keys of one of his Own oratorios,
and David the psalmist fingers the harp,
and Miriam of the Red sea banks Chaps
the cymbals, and tiabrie, puts his lips
to the trumpet and the four and twenty
elders chant, and Lind and parepa rem
der matchless duet in the music room
of the Old heavenly homestead In
my Fathers house are many rooms"
Another room in our Fathers house
Will he the family room. II may CORE
spond somewhat with the family room
on earth. .At morning and evening. YOU
know, that is the place we now meet.
Though every member of the household
have a separate room, in the family
room they all gather, and joys and sor-
rows and experiences of all STYLES are
there rehearscd, Sacred room in all
our dwellings. whether il be luxurious
with ottomans and diyans and books in
Russian lids standing in mahogany case
or there be only "A few plain chairs and
a cradle, So the family room ON high
will be The place where the kinsfolk
assemble and talk over the family en-
periences Of earth, the weddings, the
births, the burials. the feStal days of
Christmas and Thanksgiving reunion.
VIII the children departed remain chill
drcn there" VIII the aged remain aged
thnppo Nh ,,,f JFrnr,-, li,,,r Il ,,,pF,a,
there. The child will 90 ahead 10
glorified maturity. and the aged will
go back to gloritcd maturity. The ris-
lug sun of the one viii rise to meridian.
and the descending sun of the Other will
return to meridian. However much we
love our children on earth, we would
consider i, Il domestic disaster if they
staid children, and SO we rejoice at their
growth here. And when we meet in
the family room of our Fathers house
we Will be glad that they have grandly
and gloriously matured. while our par
ents. who were aged and intirm here. we
shall be glad TO find restored to the
most agile and vigorous immortality
there. If 10 or - or 30 wears be the
apex of physical and mental life on
earth, then the Heavenly childhood will
advance to that, and the Heavenly old
age will retreat to that. When we Join
them in that family room we shall have
much to tell them, We shah want TO
know of them, right away, such things
as these: Did YOU sec us in this or that
or the other STRUGGLED Did You know
when we lost our property and sympa-
rhizc with us? Did you know we had
that awful sickness? Were YOU hoyer-
ing anywhere around MS when we
plunged into that memorable accident?
Did You know of our hacEsliding? Did
Won know of that moral victory? We're
YOU pleased when we started for
Heaven? Did YOU celebrate the hour
of our conversion? And then. whether
they know ii or not. we will tell them
all. But they will have moe TO tell us
than we to tell them.
Ten wears on earth may be very EVENT.
full, but what must be the biography of
ten years in Heaven? They viii have to
tell us the story of coronHtions. story
of news from all immensely. story Of
conquerors and hicrarchs. story Of
wrecked or REASONED planets, story OF
angelic victory over diabOlic r~eyOltS. of
rxtiuguished suns. of obIiterated con-
stcllatious, OF ncw galaNies kindlcd and
sWuug of stranded comets, of worlds
on fire and story of ,Jehovnh's majestic
reign. If in that family room Of our
Fathers house we have 50 much TO tell
them of what we have passed through
since we parted, how much more thrill
ing and arousing that which they have
to tell MS of what they have passed
through since wc parted! Surely that
family room will be one Of the most IA
vorcd rooms in all our Fathers f1us",
What long lingering there. for we shall
never again be in y hurry, "Let me
open a window" said a humble Chris
tan servant to Lady Raf1es, who, be-
cause of the death Of her child, had shut
herself up in a dark room and refused
TO see anyone. "Iou have been many
days in this dark room. Are you not
ashamed TO grievc in this manner. when
YOU ought TO be thanking God for hav-
mo oi,np Won the most bcautjrul child
that ever was seen, and. instead of Ieav-
ing him in this world till he should be I
worn With trouble. has not God taken
him TO Heaven in all his beauty? Leave
off weeping and let me open a win
dow" So to.day am irving TO open
the darkness of earthly separa-
zion fine windows and doors and rooms
tbc Heavenly homestead. "Ir my Fa-
1her's bouse are many rooms" ,
No., ,ou,1 +, do ro. my German IA
1oara ,on l., MA, r~,r,iIr room, o-d,yo
/ o., ma ,h.ro IL ma roam in ub,rb