saints, and to be admired in all them that believe h

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein, shall be burned up'.

Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness *.

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband'.

And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones m.

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl and the street of the city was of pure gold, as it were transparent glass. And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are

the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof".

And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain for the former things are passed away °.

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb Which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes P.

And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and His servants shall serve Him: And they shall see His face; and His name shall be in their foreheads.

And they shall reign for ever and ever.

Blessed are they who do

His Command

P Rev. vii. 16, 17. r Ibid. 5.

ments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lies.

But ye are come unto Mount Sion, and unto the city of the Living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and Church of the first born, which are in written heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, And to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel'.

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven".

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly *.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light afflic

Rev. xxii. 14, 15.

'Heb. xii. 22-24. * 1 Cor. xv. 49.

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"2 Cor. v. 1, 2.

tion, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal'.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing ".

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him".

For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the arch-angel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet a 2 Tim. iv. 7, 8.

y 2 Cor. iv. 16—18.

* 1 Pet. i. 3, 4. b 2 Thess. iv. 14.

the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord".

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 ".

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy house; And Thou shalt make them drink of the river of Thy pleasures.

For with Thee is the fountain of life: In Thy light shall we see light.

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In Thy presence is fnlness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. In My Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I 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 o.

Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am; that they may behold My glory which Thou hast given Me".

And the glory which Thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as We are one.