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THE WEIGHT OF GLORY

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 23, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 34.

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THE WEIGHT OF GLORY.

By George Matheson

THERE is a weight which is only felt in heaven, and which is heaven's glory; it is the labor of love. It has hardly begun here; it is the praise that "waiteth for God in Zion." There is a burden which has long deterred thee from lifting God's burden; it is the thought of thine own morrow. From that weight thy Lord fain would set thee free. But why? Not that thou mightest be a winged butterfly flitting from flower to flower. Nay, but that thou mightest bear a larger weight—the weight of humanity—Christ's weight of glory.
The joy of thy Lord is not a bird's song; it is a heart's enlargement. The risen Christ remains not in the garden; He must ascend to the cares of His Father. The place prepared for thee is no scene of luxurious ease, no plot of ground enclosed from mortal pain. There is a gate leading into the highways and the hedges, opening out into the far country of the prodigal son. And through this gate thy Father would have thee go—to minister, to succor, to save. This is the place prepared for thee in the mansions of thy Father. This is the ivory gate and golden, where the angels go out and in. This is the narrow way which leadeth unto life; and they who have foundthat life retrace the road to bring their brother in. Thy weight of responsibility will be thy weight of glory.—George Matheson.