Bible Readings for the Home Circle—1914 - A New You Ministry

BIBLE READINGS
“He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto
the ends of the earth.” Ps. 72:8.
29. What does Daniel say of this kingdom
“And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom
under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the
Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions
shall serve and obey Him.” Dan. 7:27.
NOTE.— Let imagination picture the home of the saved fair and beautiful
as it may, yet remember that it will be more glorious than our
brightest imagination can conceive. See 1 Cor. 2:9.
O, SWEETLY through the gloomy years
That roll their dimming veil between,
The promised goodly land appears,
Arrayed in never-fading green!
And from that peaceful, happy clime,
Transporting bursts of song arise,
And, rolling through the mists of time,
Tell us of joy that never dies.
As voyagers on the stormy deep
Look for some bright and sunny bay
Where winds and waves are hushed in sleep,
And joy lights up the happy day,
So o’er the tossing sea of years
We glance the eye and stretch the hand
Where, robed in fadeless light, appears
The border of the shining land.
There angel hosts of glorious ones,
With sinless hearts and stainless hands,
Call us in glad and loving tones,
And bid us welcome to their bands.
Hark! how their harps and voices tell
The glories of that radiant strand,
And bid us breast the waves that swell
Between us and the shining land.
Ear hath not heard, eye hath not seen,
The glories of that home of song;
Though stormy billows roll between,
I go to join the angel throng.
But of the joys beyond the tide,
The welcomes on that golden strand,
The best shall be from Him who died
To bring us to the shining land.
H. L. HASTINGS.
THE NEW JERUSALEM
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1. WHAT was one of Christ’s parting promises to His disciples
“In My Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would
have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.” John 14:2.
2. What does Paul say God has prepared for His people
“But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore
God is not ashamed to be called their God: for He hath prepared for them
a city.” Heb. 11:16.
3. Where is this city, and what is it called
“But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.”
Gal. 4:26.
4. For what did Abraham look
“For he looked for a city which bath foundations, whose builder and
maker is God.” Heb. 11:10.
5. What assurance has God given to believers
God is not ashamed to be called their God: for He bath prepared for
them a city.” Heb. 11:16.
6. What did John see concerning this city
“And I John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God
out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.” Rev. 21:2.
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7. How many foundations has this city
“And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the
names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.” Verse 14.
8. What is the measurement of the city
“And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth:
and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs.” Verse 16.
NOTE.— The measure around it, as the words length and breadth, imply,
and as was the early custom of measuring cities, is 12,000 furlongs. This is
equal to 1,500 miles, 375 miles on each side, making a perfect square. The
area of this city is therefore 140,625 square miles, or 90,000,000 acres, or
3,920,400,000,000 square feet. Allowing 100 square feet to each person, or
a space ten feet square, the city would hold 39,204,000,000 persons, or
twenty-six times the present population of the globe.
9. What is the height of the wall
“And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four
cubits.” Verse 17.