79. Rest of the Saints Above
S.M.
by J.N. Darby, 1845
Rest of the saints above,
Who in thy palaces of love,
Thy golden streets have trod?
“And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.” (Revelation 14:13)
“And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.” (Revelation 21:2)
“And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.” (Revelation 21:10)
Those courts secure from ill,
Where God Himself vouchsafes to dwell,
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Who shall to me that joy
Of saint-thronged courts declare;
Tell of that constant sweet employ
My spirit longs to share?
That rest secure from ill
No cloud of grief e’er stains,
Unfailing praise each heart doth fill,
The Lamb is there, my soul —
There God Himself doth rest,
In love divine diffused through all
With Him supremely blest.
God and the Lamb — ’tis well
I know that source divine
Of joy and love no tongue can tell,
Yet know that all is mine.
And see, the Spirit’s power
Has ope’d the heavenly door,
Has brought me to that favored hour
When toil shall all be o’er.
There on the hidden bread
Of Christ — once humbled here —
God’s treasured store — forever fed,
His love my soul shall cheer.
Called by that secret name
(Blest answer to reproach and shame)
Graved on the stone of white.
There in effulgence bright,
Savior and Guide, with Thee
I’ll walk, and in Thy heavenly light
“And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.” (Revelation 21:23)
“Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.” (Revelation 3:4)
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There in th’ unsullied way
Which His own hand hath dressed,
My feet press on where brightest day
Shines forth on all the rest.
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But who that glorious blaze
Of living light shall tell,
Where all His brightness God displays,
And the Lamb’s glories dwell?
My soul its strength may find,
Its life, its joy forevermore,
By sight nor sense defined.)
God and the Lamb shall there
And radiant hosts forever share
“And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.” (Revelation 21:22-23)
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