Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-22
HedUen Place, Not a Condition,
Says Billy Sunday in Sermon

up IN ten OF NWeiNt houfes ueNNN ~
pcct to be an old man
don't expect TO- but know this much;
if my wife or babies should so first this
old world would be a dark place for me
Nnd l would be glad when God sum
moned me to leave Il. and n l left frat
know they would be glad when God
called them home.
IL so first, know after l so up and
take Jesus by the hand and say. Jesus,
thank You. I'm glad You honored pe
with salvation; I'm glad You honored me
with the privilege Of preaching Your gos-
pei; l wish l could have done u better,
but l did my best. and now, Jesus, ~
You don't care, ia like to hang around
the gate and be the fret to welcome my
wife and the babies when they come. DO
you care, Jesus, IL / sit there7''
And He will say. NO you can sit right
there, 'Bf,l.' II YOU want to; it's all right"
I'll say. Thank you. Lord"
IL they would go first, think after
they would 20 up and thank Jesus that
they are home, they would say:
Jesus. / wish you would hurry up and
bring papa home. He doesn't want to
stay down there because we are up here. d"
They would go around and put their
grips away In their room, wherever Il Is,
and then they would say:
Can we sit here. JesusT'
Yes, that's all right"
Bily Pictares Homecoming.
don't know where I'll live when get
to heaven. don't know whether I'll live
on a main street or an avenue or a boul-
evard.
don't know where I'll live when get
to heaven. l don't know whether Il will
be in the back alley or where. but III
Just be glad to get there. I'll be thankful
for the mansion wherever God provides IT,.
l never like to think OF heaven as a
great. big tenement house. where they
put hundreds OF people under one roof,
like we do in Chicago or other big cities
I'm my Fathers house are many man
sions."
And so II will be up I'm heaven, and
III be glad. awfully glad. and l tell you
l think II my wife and children 60 first.
the children might be off some place
playing. but wife would be right there.
and l would meet her and say:
"Why, wife. where are the children7"
She would say. ''why. they are play
ing on the banks of the river" eve are
told about the river that flows from the
throne of God.)
We would walk down and would say,
"Hello. Helen! Hey. Georgei Hey. Will
sky; bring the baby; come on!"
And they would come tearing like they
do now when go home from a trip like
this. They will all be awaiting and all
will fight for the first kiss. and / tell
you one of the happiest days OF my life
Is when finish an evangelistic engage
ment IN a town, get my ticket check my
trunk and the people say, "Where are
you going7"
Home. I'm going home.
The hardest cross l have TO bear is TO
leave my wife and children and go up and
down this country to preach. You never
looked into the face OF man that loves
his home more than i do.
I'would say. "Wife, where are the chill
dren?"
Down on the banks of the river"
They would come up and say. I'm glad
to see you. Well. where do we liver"
Right around here: come on. pop.
there's our mansion"
j Woulu say, rave you seen treds OF
Rody, or Peacock. or Bob or any OF
them?"
Yes. They live right around near us"
George, you run down and tell Fred
I've come. will your Hunt ur Rody, and
Peacock and Bob and Fred. and sec II
you can find Francis around there and
tell them I've just come in.
And they would come and would say,
How are you? Glad to Sc you. Telling
first-rate.'
VIII Sing Old Hymns Up There.
"How did you get here7'
"Just come a-sailing; tell you Il was
great"
when did you leave the earthr'
Last night at o'clock"
"Well, Rody. are there q lot OF folks
here from Omaha.
Lots of them"
"See II you can round some OF them up
and sing some OF the hymns we used to
sing down there when we wero holding
that meeting in Omaha 1900 years ago."
Some good sister would come up and
say. Brother Sunday. I'm from Omaha. %
Good; I'm glad 10 see you"
Another would say. I'm from omaha-" ("