p. 91 | THE RESURRECTION

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 28, 1858

THE RESURRECTION.

Robert Hall beautifully says: If the mere conception of the reunion of good men in a future state infused a momentary rapture into the mind of Tully, and if an airy speculation—for there is reason to fear that it had little hold on his convictions—could inspire him with such delight, what may we be expected to feel, who are assured of such an event by the true sayings of God? How should we rejoice in the prospect of spending a blissful eternity with those whom we loved on earth—of seeing them emerge from the ruins of the tomb, and the deeper ruins of the fall, not only uninjured, but refined and perfected, "with every tear wiped from their eyes," standing before the throne of God and the Lamb, in white robes, and palms in their hands, crying with a loud voice, "Salvation to God that sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever!" What delight will it afford to renew the sweet counsel we had taken together, to recount the toils of combat, and the labor of the way, and to approach the throne of God in company, in order to join in the symphonies of heavenly voices, and lose ourselves amidst the splendor of the beatific vision!—Sel.