OH 17:24{SA 21:2{OH 14:3{No more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain. "And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick." No more sunsets, no more days of mourning! The troubling of the wicked and the voice of the oppressor ceased forever. No more memory of troubles; no more tears! No more anything that defileth! All this only the negative side of our dear one's present blessedness. Then, the rest for the weary one, the keeping of the Sabbath that remaineth, and yet the service free and perfect and perpetual. The crowns of life, of righteousness, and of glory! The great reward in Heaven full of love-surprises to the consciously unprofitable servant! The far more exceeding weight of glory borne by some to whom the grasshopper had been a burden! The scene of all the blessedness—the better country, the continuing city, the King's palace, the Father's house, the prepared mansions (perhaps full of contrasts to the past pilgrimage)—all summed up in the transcendent simplicity and sublimity of His words, "That where I am, there ye may be also.”
Our fairest dream can never outshine that holy light,
Our noblest thought can never soar beyond that word of might.
Our whole anticipation, our Master's best reward,
Our crown of bliss, is summed in this: "Forever with the Lord!”