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Two Worlds Compared, December 24
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath
prepared for them that love him.
1 Corinthians 2:9
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The glory of the eternal world has been opened before me. I want
to tell you that heaven is worth winning. It should be the aim of your
life to fit yourself for association with the redeemed, with holy angels,
and with Jesus, the world’s Redeemer. If we could have but one view of
the celestial city, we would never wish to dwell on earth again. There
are beautiful landscapes on earth, and I enjoy all these prospects of
loveliness in nature. I associate them with the Creator. But I know
that if I love God, and keep His commandments, there is a far more
exceeding and eternal weight of glory reserved in heaven for me.
There, when the veil that darkens our vision shall be removed, and
our eyes shall behold that world of beauty of which we now catch
glimpses through the microscope; when we look on the glories of the
heavens, now scanned afar through the telescope; when, the blight of
sin removed, the whole earth shall appear in “the beauty of the Lord
our God,” what a field will be open to our study! There the student of
science may read the records of creation and discern no reminders of
the law of evil. He may listen to the music of nature’s voices and detect
no note of wailing or undertone of sorrow. In all created things he may
trace one handwriting—in the vast universe behold “God’s name writ
large,” and not in earth or sea or sky one sign of ill remaining.
Let your imagination picture the home of the saved, and remember
that it will be more glorious than your brightest imagination can portray.
In the varied gifts of God in nature we see but the faintest gleaming of
His glory.
Human language is inadequate to describe the reward of the righ-
teous. It will be known only to those who behold it. No finite mind can
comprehend the glory of the Paradise of God.
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