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HEAVEN CERTAIN
TO Be ON EARTH.
Evangelist Says Promised Land
Will Not be in the Clouds, But
Here Where we Live. Is,

Will Not be in the Clouds, But
Here Where we Live.
Not in some fanciful abode'be
yond the bounds of time and space,
but right here on this earth. aftel
the purifying fires of the las
day, will be the eternal home OF
the saved This, in brief, is the
view held by Evangelist L.E.Froom
concerning the future home of tht
saints, as presented last Sunday
night at the Adventist Chapel. A
part of his address follows:
''The popular method of spiritua-
lizing away the plain statements o1
the word of God is destroying the
hope of millions in real life be
yond the grave. The future has
been made vague and uncertain.
! But the Bible says God is goins1tc
make this world over again, para
disc will be restored, and the
saints will inherit this very earth
eternally. M
| ''This is not dream. 1t is not
| even a theological theory. 1t DIS
the plain statement of the word:
You see, and my people are just
simple enough to believe God. We
take Him at His word, and believe
He will do just as He has prom
ised.
Goods purpose and ideal in Gre
ating the earth was to fill per-
feet world with perfect people-
| lisa. 45, 1S. God made man just
as He wanted him to be-a real,
material being, perfect and sinless.
He lived in the real Garden q
Eden. He ate real food. His work
of dressing and keeping the Gar
| den of Eden was a pleasure. Life
was ideal.
''The entrance of sin changed
| those conditions. Sin brought death
and woe. The curse changed labo1
from pleasure to toilsome wear
ness. Every thorn and thistle,eN5
cry falling leaf and faded flowdN
tells the sad story. Life is nQ
longer ideal. Oppression and ".
ranny, inequality and injustice-r rule
| with the iron scepter of force.
| >''The purpose of God, though de,
layed, has not been defeated. Th1
| earth will yet be brought back
its Edenic condition. Gods idf
will become a grand reality. Dor
through the years God has b
gathering out a people for
eternal world. Those who VI
chosen to serve Him in evd
have been accepted.
Isaiah descrtbed the ns<
and ITS dfhabfsa II d'slzltl1l
shall build houses and
them; and they shall plant
yards and eat the fruit of
Isa 65; II, 25. The blessed
ality of it. Real people on
new earth. building real hom
and eating real food. Families ul
edi No hard times. No strikes
trusts. 1t will not be as now. Bt
even thus shall it be in the eterd
nal new earth. Gods purpose full
filled Man right back where hd
jumped the track six thousand
years ago, when sin made its uni
invited entrance.
peter also describes the fires
of the last day that will melt the
earth, burn out the dross, Q Z ret
move the curse of sin. He 5ays,
Nevertheless, We, according to
His promise, look for new Heavens
and a new earth, wherein dwelleth
righteousness Pet. g.; 10, Is. :
This text forever settles the
question of how and when the
mighty trnsformation/ will take
place. 1t Is at the end Of the
world. The renovating fires will
go out and from its ashes God will
bring forth the new earth where
in shall dwell the righteous.
''The beloved John describes the
same scenes. And 1 saw new Hea-
vens and new earth In 1t
there shall be NO more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither
shall there be any more PAIN ton
the former things are passed away.
The new Jerusalem, with its streets
of gold and gates of pearl, will be
the capital of the new earth. The
| tree of life will be there. Beauff-
full home of perfect peace.
mo curse No sorrow. No pain.
No tears. No sickness. No crepe
upon the doors of the new Jerusa-
lem. Climate absolutely perfect.
Foliage of softest velvet. Fields
of living green. This is not fancy.
1t is an eternal fact, based upon
the plain utterances of the Living
God. Read Rev. XXI and XXI.
Let US lay hold of the blessed le-
atty of it."
1t was announced that there
| would be no Sunday night services
for two weeks, as Mr.. Froom viii
be in attendance at the Annual
J Conference in Baltimore.
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| reader to the novel writer, "did y