Dr. Harry Rimmer, a Christian scientist and archeologist, was a well-loved servant of the Lord. His talks on science and the Bible were a great help to many Christian students. He spent his last years in California after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. Rimmer often listened to Charles Fuller on his well-known radio broadcast, “The Old Fashioned Revival Hour.” On one program, Fuller announced his upcoming subject: Heaven. Dr. Rimmer sent Dr. Fuller a letter, including the following:
My dear Charlie:
Next Sunday you are to talk about Heaven. I am interested in that land, because I have had a clear title to a bit of property there for over 50 years. I did not buy it, for it was given to me without money or without price. But the donor purchased it for me at tremendous cost. I am not holding it for speculation, because the deed is not transferable….Fire cannot destroy it. Floods cannot wash it away. No locks or bolts will ever be placed upon its doors, for no devious person can ever enter that land where my dwelling stands, almost completed. It is ready for me to enter in and rest in peace eternally, without fear of being evicted.
There is a valley of deep shadow between the place where I live in California and that to which I shall journey in a short time…but I am not afraid, because the best Friend I ever had went through the same valley long ago, and drove away its gloom. He has stuck with me through thick and thin since we first became acquainted, and I hold His promise in printed form never to forsake me nor to leave me alone. He will be with me as I walk through the valley of the shadows, and I shall not lose my way when He is with me.
I hope to hear your sermon on Sunday next from my home here, but I have no assurance that I shall. My ticket to heaven has no date stamped upon it, no return coupon, and no permit for baggage. I am all ready to go, and I may not be here when you are talking next Sunday, but if not, I shall meet you there some day. Harry Rimmer, Sc. D.
Harry Rimmer was already in the Father’s House when his letter was placed on Charles Fuller’s desk the following Wednesday. What about you? Are you ready?
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
