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society there will be the most endearing, and with "a great multitude which
no man could number, of all nations, and kindred, and people, and tongues,
standing before the throne, clothed with white robes, and palms in their
hands." You shall there hold fellowship with the fathers of a thousand
generations, with the patriarchs, and prophets, and apostles, and martyrs,
and reformers, and the "innumerable company of angels." With these you
shall engage in the most delightful avocation. There will be no indolence
there, as we often find in earthly homes; but all will be continually
engaged. "They serve Him day and night in His temple." There will be one
unbroken worship, which will afford you rapturous delight. You shall be
presented, before God's glory, with exceeding joy; for "in His presence is
fullness of joy, and at His right hand are pleasures for evermore." These
joys will be eternal,--forever and ever. That better home will never be
dissolved, cannot be shaken, and your crown of glory there is a crown which
fadeth not away.
But this happiness and glory of heaven are not only eternal but
progressive,--ever increasing. There is nothing stationary there with the
saints; but their powers will ever expand and their glory increase. New
songs will be ever bursting in new strains from the celestial choir; new
discoveries and fresh exclamations of praise and gratitude will he
continually made.
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