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Then
the elect will bring their bright treasures before Christ. Their splendour
will survive at the day of judgement; they will possess the joy of
a gentle life with God, which is granted to each one of the holy in
the kingdom of heaven. That is the homeland which will never be brought
to an end, but there for ever onwards those free from sins will command
happiness; they will praise the Lord, life's cherished Guardian, girded
with light, lapped in peace, protected from sorrows, pampered with
pleasures, held dear by the Lord. For ever to eternity they will enjoy
amid bliss the communion of the angels and, radiant amid tranquillity,
love the protective Lord of the people. The Father will have the sovereignty
over all and he will preserve the multitude of the holy. |
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| 1649 |
There
will be angels' singing and the bliss of the blessed; there will be
the precious face of the Lord, lighter to all those happy beings than
the sun. There will be the love of dear ones, life without the finality
of death, a merry human multitude, youth without age, the majesty
of the heavenly hosts, health without sickness, for the workers of
righteousness rest without toil, the day of those deemed blessed without
darkness, radiant, replete with splendour, bliss without sorrows,
peace without rivalries thenceforth between friends happy in heaven,
and love without hostility among the holy. |
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There
will be neither hunger nor thirst, nor sleep nor sluggish sickbed,
nor sun's scorching nor cold nor care; but there the fellowship of
the blessed, of multitudes the most dazzling in beauty, will enjoy
for ever the King's gift, glory with the Lord. |
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