NOVEMBER 13
THE
OBJECT
"Thine
eyes shall see the king in his beauty:
they shall behold the land that is very far off."
Isaiah 33:17
Few
things try the true Christian,
more than his lack of the presence of Christ.
If we
can but realize that Jesus is with us,
if his love is shed abroad in our hearts, and
the light of his countenance shines upon us,
then we are happy and all is well.
But
often, very often, and for long seasons,
we have to walk by faith and not by sight.
Believing
when we do not see,
when we do not feel,
when we do not enjoy.
Jesus
has won our love.
He has taken away our hearts.
So that, if we do not enjoy him,
we are not satisfied with anything.
Consequently,
one of the great attractions
of THE BETTER LAND is,
that there we "shall see the King in his beauty;"
"we shall see him as he is;"
"and so shall we ever be with the Lord!"
What
will the first sight of Jesus be!
What
joy, what unutterable pleasure will it impart!
Blessed
be God, there will never be a last sight of him!
Suppose such a thing:
stop the songs of saints.
Heaven
would be clothed with sackcloth, and
the only sound heard within its
crystal walls would be weeping, wailing,
and indescribable sounds of woe.
To see
Jesus for the last time!
O terrible thought!
But it cannot be;
through millions of ages
adoring, and enjoying his infinite glories.
Yes,
Jesus will be the object that will
fix the eye,
nourish the heart, and
tune the tongue forever!
I
shall see him
whose head was crowned with thorns,
whose face was marred more than any man's,
whose heart was broken by extreme agony and pain.
But
how different then!
Crowned with glory!
Robed in majesty!
Infinitely happy!
"And
they shall see his face; and
his name shall be in their foreheads." Revelation 22:4
they shall behold the land that is very far off."
Isaiah 33:17
more than his lack of the presence of Christ.
if his love is shed abroad in our hearts, and
the light of his countenance shines upon us,
then we are happy and all is well.
we have to walk by faith and not by sight.
when we do not feel,
when we do not enjoy.
He has taken away our hearts.
So that, if we do not enjoy him,
we are not satisfied with anything.
of THE BETTER LAND is,
that there we "shall see the King in his beauty;"
"we shall see him as he is;"
"and so shall we ever be with the Lord!"
stop the songs of saints.
the only sound heard within its
crystal walls would be weeping, wailing,
and indescribable sounds of woe.
O terrible thought!
But it cannot be;
through millions of ages
adoring, and enjoying his infinite glories.
fix the eye,
nourish the heart, and
tune the tongue forever!
whose head was crowned with thorns,
whose face was marred more than any man's,
whose heart was broken by extreme agony and pain.
Crowned with glory!
Robed in majesty!
Infinitely happy!
his name shall be in their foreheads." Revelation 22:4
JAMES SMITH 1869
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