The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-14
REVEALS ALL
OF THIS WEEK
MEMBERS OF BAPTIST CHURCH
HOLDING MEETINGS.
SERMON on HEAVEN

Afternoon and Evening Services
Every Day-arable Of Rich Man
and Lazarus viii BE Theme for Dis
cussIon Rest Of Week.
The revival meetings at the Baptist
church continue with increasing
power. The church was crowded at
the Sunday evening service. After a
number Of hymns and a special solo
by Mrs. Z. B. LARSON on the subject Of
Heaven" Rev. Duncan took the
theme OF Heaven" for a most earnest
and stirring sermon. He said in part:
"our theme is a most happy one;
one that charms the life and beckons
1t onward. The Bible has much to say
about heaven. II we anticipate maxi
ing heaven our home, why should we
not be deeply interested in everything
which the Bible tells us about that
place?
What ID Heaven7
Perhaps the predominant idea Of
heaven is that it consists in a state
or condition. 1t is a normal condition
Of things. It Is not 80 much where
we are as what we are that constitutes
heaven. To be with Jesus and to be-
come like Him In character is heaven.
How important 1t was that our
Lord, in His words Of comfort to His
disciples should add these words:
That where l am ye may be Also
(John 3:3.) Jasper walls, pearly
gates and golden streets do not alone
constitute heaven. The center Of all
normal life even Jesus Christ must
fill those beautiful mansions with His
Respondent glory and love to make
heaven.
1.-THE normal condition Of the heart
makes heaven. Heaven begins for you
when you let Christ. with His bound
less life and love. come Ia to abide.
And If heaven does not begin for you
here you Will never hnd heaven be
yond this life.
Used IL Different Wavs.
"But heaven Is more than q condi-
tion-it is also q place. Jesus went
to prepare a place for His children.
Heaven is a place Just as truly as Bill.
ings is a place.
I'VE, in ordinary speech, use the
word heaven in three different ways.
We speak Of the aerial heaven Of the
air and the clouds. We speak Of the
siderial heaven or the heaven Of the
stars. Again we speak Of heaven as
the place where the throne Of God is
Where then is heaven? It Is where
the throne Of God s-the great cen
ter OF all.
"At a great meeting Of astronomers
the question Of a center around which
all consultations move was being dis
cussed. one man. who perhaps stands
highest IN all astronomical research
said: Z know not what others may
think, but 1t seems to me It Unjust be
the throne Of God. II you tell me then
where this great sun Is about which
all suns and stars and worlds revolve
I viii tell you where Gods city Is, FOL
the throne is in the midst Of that city
Heaven a City.
Heaven is q city. It is q home. The
one who misses heaven will have one
long eternity Of Inconsistencies.
what will be our occupation in
heaven? With unveiled faces behold.
ing the glory Of Christ, singing His
praises, and one long eternity Of de
velopment along all lines Of the nat
ural capacities Of our redeemed lives,
who is going to heaven. Only
those whose names are recorded In the
lambs book Of life. (Revelations 81:
27.)
lii Book Of Life.
Who are recorded In that book OF
life? Only those who surrender their
lives to Christ and are cleansed by
His blood and obey His will as re.
vealed in the Bible"
The parable OF the rich man and
Lazarus was the subject OF the sermon
last night, and will be the theme for
each evening this week. Services at
1850 for the evening and 2:30 for the
afternoon meetings.
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