Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-09
OUR FATHERS HOUSE
DR.. TALMAGE DlSCOURSES ON THE
HEAVENLY WORLD.
Gods Homestead. Builded on the
Hills of Heaven, Provides Rooms
For AlEvivfd Picture of the Heav-
enIy Home.

emily Home.
[Copyright, Louis Klopsch. 1893
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-In a unique
way the heavenly world is discoursed
upon by DIR. Talmage in this sermon
under the figure of a home; text, John
xiv, 2, ''In my Fathers house are many
rooms"
Here Is bottle of medicine that is a
cure all. The disciples were sad. aud
Christ offered heaven as an Alternative,
stimulant and a tonic. He shows
them that their sorrows are only a
dark background of bright picture Of
coming felicity. He lets them know
that, though now they live on the lew
lands. they shall yet have house on
the uplands. Nearly all the Bible de-
scriptions of heaven may be figurative.
am not positive that in all heaven
there is a 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 well they
do it, The favorite symbol by which
is a house. Paul. who never owned a
house, although he hired one for two
years in Italy, speaks of heaven as
house not made with hands, and
Christ in our text, the translation Of
which is a little changed. SO as to give
the more accurate meaning, says, "In
my Fathers house are many rooms"
This divinely authorized comparison
of heaven to great homestead of
large accommodations propose to car
ry out. In some healthy neighborhood
a man builds very commodious bab-
itation. He must have room for all
his children. The rooms come to be
called after the different members Of
the family. That Is mothers room,
that is Georges room, that is Henry's
room. that Is Flors's room. that Is
Mary's room, and the house is all oc-
cupied. But time goes by. and the sons
60 out into the world and build their
own homes, and the daughters are
married or have talents enough singly
to go out and do good work In the
world After awhile the father and
mother are almost alone in the big
house, and. seated by the evening
stand. they say. "Well. our family Is
no larger now than when we started
together 40 years ago" But time goes
still farther by. and some of the chill
dren are unfortunate and return to
the old homestead to live. and the
grandchildren come with them and
perhaps great-grandchildren and again
the house is full.
God Built on the Hills.
Millennia 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 awhile 1t was occupied by q
very large family, cherubic. seraphic.
angelic. The eternities passed on, and
many of the inhabitants became way
ward and left, never to return, and
many of the apartments were vacant.
| refer to the fallen angels. Now
these apartments are filing up again.
There are arrivals at the old home
stead 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
ticulars about the many roomed home
stead. 'ln my Fathers house are
many rooms" You see. the place is 10
be apportioned off 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 tie same room. They may be better
than we are. but they are of a di
vergent temperament. We would like
to 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.
"In my Fathers house are many
rooms" You see. heaven will he SO
,arce that If one wants an entire room
to himself or herself it can be af-
forled
An ingenious statistician. taking the
statement made In Revelation. twenty
FIRST chapter. that the ayenly Jeru-
salem was measured and found TO be
10000 fnriongs and that the length
and height and breadth of it are equal.
says that would make heaven in size
94S se1tillion 9SS quintillion cubic
feet. and then. reserving certain por-
ton for the court of heaven and the
- nd tlrt
may last Il hundred thousand years,
he cipherS out that there are over
5000 400. .000,0 rooms. each room II
feet long. Is feet wide 15 feet high
But | have no faith in the accuracy
of that calculation. He makes the
rooms too small. From ell can read
the rooms will be palatial. and those
who bave not had enough room in this
world will have plenty of room at the
last. The fact is that most people in
this world are crowded. and, though
out on vast prairie or in a mountain
district people may have more room
than they want. in most cases it is
house built close to house. and the
streets are crowded. and the cradle Is
crowded by other cradles. and the
graves crowded in the cemetery by
other graves, and one of the richest
luxuries Of many people in getting
out of this world will be the gaining Of
unhindered and uncramped room. And
should not wonder If. instead of the
room that the statistician ciphered out
as only II feet by 16. it should be lar
ger than any of the rooms at Berlin. st.
James or Winter palace. "In my Ia
TIERS house are many rooms