The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-12-14
mr. HOME IN HEAVEN
ralmage breaches on the Glories
Il Our Fathers House.

1|9S A,e In 1t Many Rooms, and
rhere IL "A Place for Every
one of Gods Chit
dren.
q cey,r!sht, 1882 By Louis ss1n ! h,oDschs on
uniaue way the Heavenly world
Srsnursed upon by DR.. Talmage in
!, as,gftAon under the figure Of a home;
|'ssEssst Iohn 14:2: In my fathers
3 are many rooms.
n.re Is bottle of medicine that is a
I'll The disciples were sad, and
& Ss "a nffered Heaven as an alternative,
! 3 .timulant and tonic. He shows
! S. An that their sorrows are only adark
tackeround Of a bright picture OF COM
I - felicity. He let's them know that,
4 sfloueh they live on the lowlands, they
In vet have house on the uplands.
NErly all the Bible descriptions Of
maven may be figurative. / am not
], n.sitige that in all Heaven there is q
Neral crown or harp or pearly gate or
4 tarane or chariot. They may be only
GssIl1 to illustrate the glories of the
1900. but how well they do it! The fa-
/ l,tste symbol by which the Bible pre-
III celestial happiness is a house.
i / m. who never owned house, al
\ ihsnah be hired one for two years In
q nj. speaks of Heaven as a ..house not
d ,aade With hands, and Christ in our
IN. the translation of which is lit
|lI changed, so as to give the more ac-
\ n ftniate meaning, says: "In my Fathers
touse are many rooms.
sSs3Ehis Diyinely authorized comparison.
n Heaven to a great homestead of large
! lesusmodations / propose to carry out.
] d some healthy neighborhood a man
B Builds very commodious habitation.
1Ie must have room for all his children.
& n rooms come to be called after the
4 3ilerent members Of the family. That
8 8 mother's room, that is Georges room,
ss4Int Is Henry's room. that is Flora's
1nosA that is Mary's room, and the
nR isall occupied. But time goes by,
1ud lie sons go out into the world and
III their own homes. and the daugh-
sre married or have talents enough
a1gIy to go out and do a good work in
ile Morh. After awhile the father and
thG are almost alone in the house,
~ reated by the evening stand, they
Well, our family is no larger
SN than when we started together 40
lS ago" But time goes still farther
and some of the children are unfor-
6ste. and return to the old homestead
liye, and the grandchildren come
th them, and perhaps great-grand-
idren. and again the house is full.
& lillennia ago God built on the hills o!
Aedsen q great homestead for family
y 1nsmerable, yet to be. At first He lived
I eIefe in that great house, but after
3 ~ II was occupied by a very large
lly cherubic, seraphic, angelic
eterlities passed on, and many ot
M Inhabitants became wayward ant
never to return, and many of the
xtments were vacated. Irefer to The
1len angels. Now these apartments
ssee &iling up again. There are arrival.
ee III old homestead of Gods childre1
eyes day, and the day will come wheI
y the1e will be no unoccupied room in al
sAe house.
M ~ you and / expect to enter it and
4 Ike there eternal residence, / though
4 20 would like to get some more par
Aleslars about the many roomed home
ssad In my Fathers house are man.
.sl You see the place is to be ap
seioned off into apartments. We shal
n lese I'll who are in Heaven, but ther
b sze SOME very good people whom w
b N0ul0 not want to live with in the sam
eom. They may be better than we are
81 tney are Of divergent tempera
We would like to meet wit
Sefm On the golden streets and worship
l4 tnem in the temple and walk witt
ven on the river banks, but am gla
say that we shall live in differen
! pnenfs. In my Fathers hous
II s. any rooms" You see, Heaven vii
Re leTge that if one wants an entir
.0um 70 himself or herself it can be al
lorded.
ingenious statistician, taking tn
lement mSde in Revelation, twent,
Rfer, athat the Heavenly Jerr
was measured and found to
" nrlongs and that the length an
IS q snd breadth of it are equal, say
would make Heaven in size 9A
llhon sss duintillion cubic feet, an
reserving certain portion fl
court OF Heaven and the streets an
etlng that the world may last
led thousand years. he ciphers OF
= there are over 5000, ,0O0, ,0o0, OF
each room Infect long, 16 fes
q feet high. But have no fait
se accuracy of that calcnla tiol
} |l mixes the rooms too small. Frol
sen read, the rooms will be pal,
e1d those who have not had enoua
I'm this world will have plenty ,
g the last. The fact is that mo
e 70 this world are crowded, an
nut on q vast prairie or In
sa1n district people may ha,
room than they want, in mo
= house built close to hous