Untitled article by Dudley Marvin Canright

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Third-day, August 13, 1867

THE GLORIES OF ETERNITY.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

Can it be possible that mortal beings such as we are, shall inherit all the glory and happiness which the Bible promises to the saints? It seems almost too much to believe; yet the great God, who cannot lie, has promised it. First, they shall have eternal life! Who can measure the full meaning of that word eternal? Try to grasp the vastness which it comprehends. My mind looks into the future ten thousand years; but what is that when measured with eternity? A moment, a mere breath. On, on, and still on, my mind stretches for a million of years, but there is no end yet. Vast eternity still lies beyond all this. Age after age rolls by, but still eternity has only just begun! And will the saints still be there? Yes, while the sun and moon shall endure, while Heaven shall stand, and God shall live, so long shall the man of God live on.

Secondly, they shall have immortal youth and fadeless glory! Health and vigor shall flow through every vein; joy and gladness shall beam on every face. No death, no aches, no broken hearts, all, all is happiness there!

Saints of God, cheer up, you will soon be there. Sinner, where will you be during this eternity?

D. M. CANRIGHT.