What Shall We Do in Heaven?

Evening Star, Issue 7831, 12 February 1889, Page 2

What Shall We Do in Heaven?

Some people thought that the ' Daily Telegraph' was decidedly venturesome in allowing a correspondence in its columns a& to whether marriage is a failure, but the ' New York Herald' leaves its London contemporary " standing still," for it has commenced a discussion on the question " What shall we do in Heaven ?" Dr Talmage is, of course, to the fore, and he is able to tell us that "Heaven is always improving. It is altogether a different place from what it was 100 or 1,000 years ago." How o» earth can Dr Talmage know this, and how does he reconcile this with the Scriptural assurance that "in heaven" there is no difference between a day and 1,000 years ? He also assures us that " there will be the family room, the music room, the reception room, and the throne room." The Rev. John R. Paxton writes :—'* Well, I cannot understand eternal loafing around the throne. . . . We cannot be destined to

be waving palm-leavea and singing all day for all eternity. . . . We have not all of us the gift of music in us, and for my part, if I have to join the choir, I don't want to go there." And here is the opinion of Dr Eaton :—" I do not believe that Heaven will be a place where we shall spend our time in waving palms and singing psalms. Neither do I look upon it as an old curiosity shop where useless and lifeless saints are kept in stock." Dr Seward declines to believe that people will follow in Heaven the occupations which engrossed them on earth, for, in that case, he asks " What would become of the undertakers ?" It is indeed remarkable to find clergymen engaging in such a discussion, and I do not fancy that their congregations will be edified by the manner in which they express their views.