The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-07-29

of the sweetest words the English language the
mere mention of brings up, rapid succession many
many precious memories
To mention home every mind leaves this Tabernacle
and goes back to England to Africa to Maine to California
to Australia to other placewherever home
has been; you could not help it.
And you see the old house, with the vine twining
the windows and you the features of father and
mother sister and brother and you hear their voices again.
and the grave yields up it's dead How wildly it all
comes up!
Now Heaven is simply home! It is the abiding place
of the Family of Cod God the Father the Christ is our
Brother and it will not be complete Home until all the
children are gathered!
That good time is coming, and it may not be far
away for believe that you realized how very near the
Second Coming of the Christ u.s. you would have time to
around you would be in dead earnest working day
and night for the good of humanity and you would not be
putting obstacles in the way; for you will have to give an
account of everything before God in Heaven
Oh! what tremendous responsibility!
.'IN MY FATHERS HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS"
Jesus knew that that would console and comfort them
in the hour of trouble.
And it comforts u.s.
tell you in the midst of the battle and the Journey in
the midst of the voyage when the night long and
the hours weary is great of comfort to look
forward and know that Christ is getting place ready for
us there.
an excellent thing for soldiers of the Christ to be
able look forward with the eye of faith to that Home
Them sometime having been faithful they will enter into it.
Take the Book of Revelation-here is conflict, and
then is over then another conflict and then out of it. At
last to the place where Satan bound where the
harlot the beast and the false prophet judged
where Death and He'll destroyed and the Heaven
and the earth appear!
Thus it is with the Christian fe It is life of conflict
always day and night ceaseess warfare against the
kingdom of darkness; but the time will when shall
lay down the cross; although people will not because
they never have taken it up; but many will.
number of persons whom God called, and who have
had place ZION, and who Gods time could have
certain crown, have lost their crown, and others
have been called to take their places.
Now, is not that declaration simple and frank?
1t if He had said "Why my beloved disciples,
have been with you for three years. there not many
mansions in Fathers house would have told long
ago."
You see that in order to give them still more comfort
He says I'm my Fathers house many mansions if it
not would have told you go to prepare place
for you
Why how glad they ought to have been but they could
not understand it.
We experience the difficulty: we do not under
stand many things We pine and sorrow when loved
are taken away. But if know my Bible it is pretty
good thing to go away.
You will remember that Stephen, when he went away,
called upon the Lord to receive his spirit.
And Paul says, To be absent from the body is to be
present with the Lord "Also in a strait betwixt
two having desire to depart and to be with Christ which
is far better"
Why repne? Why! if you pass away today, and those
around goodby weeping the last word has been
spoken by them there will be welcome for you to better
place than you have known earth.
Yes II go to prepare place for your 1t is perfectly
natural that Jesus should be continuing Heaven what He
began earth He is getting place ready and is big
place, too
THE UNIVERSE IS THE HOUSE OF GoD
'In my Fathers house many mansions
81 go to prepare place for you and if go and prepare
place for you will again and receive you unto My
SELF that where there we may be ALSO" Now, is not
that very beautiful?
Let not your heart be troubled We believe in God be-
ieve also in Me- In My Fathers house many mansions
If it not would have told you go prepare
place for you and and prepare place for you, will
come again and receive you unto myself that where am
there we may be also"
Oh, how beautiful that isl Now, want you to listen
while read the words of this beautiful HYMN SOULS OF
MEN, WHY WILL YE SCATTER"