Homeward Bound
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“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also
in Me. 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. And if I go
and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto
Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”
John 14:1-3
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Long have we waited for our Saviour’s return. But nonetheless
sure is the promise. Soon we shall be in our promised home. There
Jesus will lead us beside the living stream flowing from the throne of
God and will explain to us the dark providences through which on this
earth He brought us in order to perfect our characters. There we shall
behold with undimmed vision the beauties of Eden restored. Casting
at the feet of the Redeemer the crowns that He has placed on our heads,
and touching our golden harps, we shall fill all heaven with praise to
Him that sitteth on the throne.
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