64. Oh Bright and Blessèd Scenes

S.M.
by J.N. Darby, 1867
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Oh bright and blessèd scenes!
 
Where sin can never come,
 
Whose sight our longing spirit weans
 
From earth where yet we roam.
“And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.” (Revelation 21:27)
“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.” (Colossians 3:1-2)
“<<A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.>> O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is.” (Psalm 63:1)
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And can we call our home
 
Our Father’s house on high,
 
The rest of God our rest to come,
 
Our place of liberty?
“In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.” (John 14:2)
“There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.” (Hebrews 4:9)
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Yes! in that light unstained,
 
Our stainless souls shall live,
 
Our heart’s deep longings more than gained,
 
When God His rest shall give.
“And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.” (Revelation 22:5)
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His presence there, my soul,
 
Its rest, its joy untold,
 
Shall find when endless ages roll,
 
And time shall ne’er grow old.
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Our God the center is,
 
His presence fills that land,
 
And countless myriads owned as His,
 
Round Him adoring stand.
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Our God whom we have known,
 
Well known in Jesus’ love,
 
Rests in the blessing of His own,
 
Before Himself above.
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Glory supreme is there,
 
Glory that shines through all,
 
More precious still that love to share
 
As those that love did call.
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Like Jesus in that place
 
Of light and love supreme;
 
Once Man of Sorrows, full of grace,
 
Heaven’s blest and endless theme.
“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” (1 John 3:2)
“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” (Isaiah 53:3)
“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14)
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Like Him! Oh grace supreme!
 
Like Him before Thy face,
 
Like Him to know that glory beam
 
Unhindered face to face.
“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” (1 John 3:2)
“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” (1 Corinthians 13:12)
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Oh love supreme and bright!
 
Good to the feeblest heart,
 
That gives us now, as heavenly light,
 
What soon shall be our part.
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