The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-12

In foreign lands 1t Is Il wonderful
sight when the home letters arrive.
The letters In most cases contain only
simple words and facts often, but there
comes the feeling TO each heart while
reading. these words arc from home
| However dearly we may love our earth
~ nome. the day will come when we
must leave It; but the God OF ali COM
Tort tells us that when we are taken
from this earthly home, we have Il
Home Eternal prepared for us If we
only fit ourselves to dwell there. Christ
told Ills disciples. to comfort them, .'In
My Fathers House are many mansions
go to prepare u place for YOU" MANY
: mansions must mean that there Is
pieh'S or room for all. Every year
many OF our cities are becoming over
crowded, and there are more peop,o
than houses for them. but III Heaven
there Will be room for all We shall
al be poor tas 10 this worlds goods)
"hen We get there, no matter what
we may have had here. Even the
Kings OF the earth must cast down their
crowns before Jesus. In Heaven there
is only one crown. that OF righteous
ness The scholar may come and say:
~ was famous scholar. | read and
wrote many books" The answer would
be: Learning alone is no passnor,
10 Heaven The man of wealth might
come and say: IL amassed great
riches and had. large estates" but
wealth can be no passport to Heaven
III itself. for "a mans life CONSISTENT
not in the abundance Of the things 10
posscsseth." Another will doubt,os.
come and say: Il have nothing hui ,bo
sign Of the Saviour's cross, nothing.
but simple faith in Jesus and 2 heart
full Of love for Him. and Of sorrow for
my SINS. For such a one the door
opens. and the blessed words are
spoken. Enter thou into the toy OF
thy Lord"
Many mansions must mean the right
place for every condition Of man. No
two persons are just alike or REQUIRE
Just inc same here. and so we may be
llcve OF Heaven that there will be tho
right place and the right work for
each and every one. For has not Jesus
said: II GO to prepare n place for you'.?
And He knows exactly the kind OF
place we need.
The great charm OF our earthly home
comes through tho presence of those
we love. So, surely. the great 70
ward of Heaven will be the presence OF
those We love. and VIC shall dwell
with them in the House OF the Lord
forever. Love is immortal and. there
tore, cannot die. The body perishes.
but not the soul Jesus, the Man. mass
ed from this earth In human form but
Ills love for Us has and Will continue
through the ages.
When we go 10 that House not mad.
with hands. we shall not find ourselves
among strangers. Jesus, our best
Friend, Is waiting for us there. How
many wonderful meetings there will
be in THE Fathers House" All that
God tells us points to the Wilderness of
Heaven. ~ great multitude no man
can number" God desireth not the
| death OF a sinner. but that all should
be saved and gather with Him there.
The humble, the ignorant, the poor,
tho rich. all who have strivcn earnest :
~ to follow in the footsteps Of Christ
here and served 10 tho best OF their
ability, will be gathered there in the
Eternal Home For Jesus said: THY
sins. which are many. are forgiven,
and the Great One died that we might
have this forgiveness and chance OF
eternal life through His sacrifice.
II Will dwell in the House Of the
Lord forever" We cannot take in
rightly the meaning OF the words
eternal and everlasting, for have MOI
things declared BY man to be ever
lasting come to an end and pershcd
here? Men built Babel and called IT
eternal. but God overthrow it. Ncbu-
chadnezzer built Babylon. calling it
eternal. What remains of 1t to-day?
Rome, called the Eternal City. is most
| ~ a city Of ruins. If we want 10 dwell
in the Eternal Home, we must Strive
Ito build for it here. We must love
and serve God here. ii we Indulge gu,
sinful passions here we are not fitting
ourselves for Heaven. Let us live,
| work, play and suffer for eternity.
| This accomplished, we can all feel, II
Will dwell In the House Of the Lord
| forever"
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