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Heaven. 



A woman who knew my evolution beliefs 

 once asked me where heaven is. There seemed 

 to her to be no place left for it in the cosmos of 

 the evolutionist. 



I could only answer that I never expect to 

 be able to discover heaven with a telescope. 

 Perhaps heaven is much nearer than we think. 

 Do we expect to locate a scene of which the 

 very plan and elements are so far beyond 

 human cognizance that they cannot be revealed 

 to us ? 



This is a type of difficulty that perplexes 

 many persons. They dwell upon the physical 

 symbolisms of faith and creed, as if the things 

 of the spirit must be measured by time and 

 space and materials. 



One has but to reflect upon the varied pic- 

 tures that we have of heaven to discern that 

 Scripture and experience reveal only the fact 

 of heaven, not the vision of it. To the In- 

 dian, it is the happy hunting ground ; to the 

 weary, a home of rest ; for the wandering dis- 

 ciples, a house of many mansions ; to those liv- 



