Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-10

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in getting a cottage? DO YOU know any
thing about the hotelsy
All those questions exercised us much. for
we had put much hope of pleasure into our
vacation plans, and it seemed to us very
necessary that the place and our accom-
and yet. after all, t5efs was e much Iae'v we
found when we got there, that we never
&C uld have learned aPput the place until
And when we get out of sorts with this
fascinating world in which we live, we
are apt to be troubled sometimes that SO
little is said in the Bbfe about heaven,
where We hope to SPEND eternity Shall we
be able to exercise our favorite pursuits in
that place? Will the friends we love be
there and shall we know them? Can We
have a home and place where we belong
and where everything is planned for our
personal comfort? For heaven to many
seems a strange and dreary land, the best
that is left us to hope after this life is
done And when the world fails us, when
the house we tried to build proves a fail
ure, too small, or will not keep out the
cold or we cannot pay the price for it;
when the town we seem to have to live in
contains no house that is suitable for us,
and worry and trouble press US on every
side, then we begin to think about heaven
and wish for its peace with sigh of long
ing
Into world full of care and trouble full
of hunting for homes and working to make
them, struggling to find rest that never
fully comes even to those who have in
measure succeeded in getting home.
comes this wonderful word of the Masters,
"Let not your heart be troubled. In my
Fathers house are many mansions. l go
to prepare place for you.
Heaven then is place of homes. Blessed
thought. that there is a home preparing
for you and me. No mere boarding house,
where we have the necessities supplied. but
a home in every dear sense of the word.
There is much in that thought to hit the
trouble from any heart.
Many writer's and speakers have touched
upon the fact of how little the Bible really
tells about heaven. But after all, does 1t
not give us assurance of the main things
for which our hearts are longing? 1T is
home and it is beautiful, as the picture OF
the pearly gates and jasper sea and founda-
ton of precious stones testify. God snail be
with US and be our God and Himself wipe
away the tears from our eyes. Shall we
not be glad then that we have had to shed
tears when we feel His precious hand wip-
ing them away? The little child often
feels, without realizing, the blessedness OF
having been frightened or hurt when
mothers tender hand touches the hurt and
her soft handkerchief wipes away the
tears And a lovers quarrel leaves a sweet
remembrance when the woman 1eels the
loving awkward hand of her lover trying
anxiousy to wipe the tears from her
cheeks She is glad the quarrel arose, il
but just to show how gentle and tenaer ne
can be. Perhaps just so shall we look PACK
over wonder and feel His own soft hand
Wiping away every tear from our eyes
Then indeed. the traces of the trouble
which we have felt never could be rubbed
from our souls shall pass away. NO more
painI Think of that. No more sorrow! We
cannot even comprehend what it would be
to be without suffering. or sorrow. or rear,
or de- No wonder that the summing up
of the Bibles description of heaven 49, For
eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither
have entered into the heart of man the
things that God hath prepared for them
that love Him."
Applied Truth.
A New Zealand chief visited England
several years ago. He was convert to
the Christian religion and an earnest std
dent of the Bible. He spent much time
in studying about his heavenly home
One day a gentleman took him to see
very beautiful mansion, one of the most
elegant and costly in England, but was
surprised to find that he , seemed not at
gance The gentleman called his atten-
ton to the costly furniture, brought from
all parts of the world. to the beautiful
views from the windows. and so on. The
New Zealander looked on, seemingly little
interested. Finally he said. pointing to the
beautiful walls. "Ah, my fathers house
finer than all this!
The gentleman knew that the mans
father lived in poor little mud hut Your
fathers house!" he exclaimed. y S,
said the man, my fathers house inner
than this And he took from his pocket
his New Testament and began to read
some descriptions of the heavenly home in
the last two chapters of the Bible
How to Help the Leader.
Repeat the words of the old hymn "Jeru-
salum the Golden" or the other, 20 Mother
Dear. Jerusalum' Tell of your own first
childish ideas of heaven and how they
have changed since you have grown older
and learned to know Jesus better. Tell
what the great hope of heaven is to you
Parallel passages-I Kings, viii:30; Reeve
lation iv1.2; Psalms xi:4; Psalms, xviii;
Isaiah xlixI0; John. xvii:24; Corinthians
ito: I Peter i:3 4: Revelation, vii13
Hints to the Decentralization Endeavor
Hymns, 10, 30 40, SO. II, lis.
The Endeavor Hymnal, Z, q, 60. 49, 80,
1O7 49,
Have some one sing 1.-The Holy City just
after the reading of Scripture. Cali for
chain of verses from memory all about
heaven Ask members to give their ideas of
heaven and what heaven is growing more
and more to be to them as they make prog
ress in the Christian life. Ask for brief
ideas as to what kind of place heaven
will be- giving justification for these hopes
in Scripture verses. Ask the pastor TO say
a few words on why God mas told US SO
little about heaven. Then sum all UP by
an earnest exhortation to Christians to
make heaven upon this earth, praying my
kingdom come" and then helping to bring
it in Ask what sort of citizens VIII be IN
heaven and speak of the little child and
Jesus words, "Of such is the kingdom of
heaven.
Thou knowest not now, for here we see but darkIy
The outlines Of His grace:
The rest is learnt in heavens eternal glory,
And face to face. .
Then thou shalt know: that passionless hereafter
Shall solve all mystery;
Dream not that life hold the tide OF wonder
In store for thee.
Palaces of Kings.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
No monarch in the world excels the car
of Russia in the spendor of his palaces.
Tsarskoye, near ST. Petersburg, where the
emperor has been staying recently, has
park around it which is eighteen miles in
One room of the palace has
walls Of lapis laZuli and a floor of ebony
inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Another has
walls of amber, curiously carved and the
walls of a third are laid thick with gold. In
the throne room of the palace of the Shah
of Persia there is carpet so thickly sown
with pearls that the texture of the cloth
can hardly be seen. Near 1t Is the throne
of carved wood, studded with jewels, valued
at $5,oO0,C0O. Near the throne stands
huge silver vase set with pearls and tur-
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