The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-02
Heaven Real Place."
Here comes Oliver Twist again.

Here comes Oliver Twist again. He
wants to write about Heaven.
Brother Quin asks: ''ls Heaven a
real placer" And then ~proceedep to an
swer his own question. He wrote well,
but | want to add a little.
Yes, Heaven is a real place, and it's
inhabitants are real beings. listen:
Come, we blessed Of my Father, in
herit the kingdom prepared for you,"
etc. Matt. 25:34) and "Who shall
change our vile body that it may be
fashioned like unto His glorious body"
etc., (Phil. 3:21) and 'Then shall l
know vel as am known Il. Cor.
1912 So we shall have a place, king
DOM, a form and a knowledge. We
will not be al intangible, unreal, shape
less myth, floating through space.
Stephen said, Heaven is Gods
home," etc. (Acts 7:49). Jesus said,
I'm my Fathers house. are many man.
sions. l go to prepare aplace for you"
Paul says, "FOr we know that If our
earthly house of this tabernacle were
dissolved, we have a building of Cod"
etc. John says, "And l, John, saw the
holy city, the New Jerusalem, coming
down from God out of Heaven" Now
l think that my Fathers house, the
building of God," and the ''holy city,"
are different anne for the same place,
Heaven. John gives a graphic descrip-
ton of miles land the city was of pure
gold" In this wonderful place are the
mansions which Jesus has predared for
His servants, a place-a definite place.
Jesus will be there, and we'll be there,
and we will know Jesus and know each
other az we are known. I'll tell you,
brother, it means something to 60 to
Heaven. 1t meant something for Jesus
to become poor that we might be rich.
Erich in faith and heirs of a king
DOM"
'In my Fathers house are many
mansions" My Fathers house-holy
city-150O miles high, long and wide.
Now let's use a little arithmetic: Cube
1900 miles, we have 1876, 900, 900 cubic
miles; reduce this to cubic feet ard we
have this: 496, 1893, O88, 900, 900, 900 cubic
feet. l believe it is estimated that
earth today. If there had been 2,000,-
DOC, 900 people in the beginning and if
our chronology is correct, giving 5000
years as the age of the earth. and il it
should continue 5000 more years and If
three generations were to pass out of
this world every n hundred years and
three generations were to pass out of
this world every n hundred for the
entire twelve thousand years (which
would be 720, 600, 000, 900 souls,) and if
every n of them should go to this
holy city and only one-fourth of the
space was used for their accommoda-
ton, there would be a mansion for ev-
eryone and in each mansion there would
be sufficient space for more than 2O,-
GOO rooms 20 feet square, all of pure
gold as clear as glass and not a stain, a
shadow or a tear. Then think of the
372, 594, 800, 000, 900, 900, 900 cubic feet of
space for promenade, streets, halls and
walks for, as the poet !
says,
There everlasting spring abides,
And never whitening flowers.
Death like a narrow stream divides
This Heavenly land from ours"
0, who will come and go with me to
hat delightful place?
Get your tickets today. Accept of
esus today. Now l have just described
city. the "Holy City," the capital
the Kingdom, situate in a Gland that
5 very far off" where we shall see
he King in His beauty. Elsa. 33:17l !
An Ger those wide extending plains
Shine one eternal day,
There God the Sun forever reigns,
And scatters night away"
And today as / enter the fifth day of
borrowed time, catch a glimpse by
faith of that beautiful place, and
II want to go there,
expect to go there,
intend to go there, don't your"
Joel D. Rice, in The Baptist Rec
ord, Cascilla, Miss.