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AMEN AND GRACE TO ALL CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS!

“The city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it.”
- Revelation 21:23

Yonder in the better world, the inhabitants are independent of all
creature comforts. They have no need of raiment; their white robes never
wear out, neither shall they ever be defiled. They need no medicine to
heal diseases, “for the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick.” They need no
sleep to recruit their frames-they rest not day nor night, but unweariedly
praise him in his temple. They need no social relationship to minister
comfort, and whatever happiness they may derive from association with
their fellows is not essential to their bliss, for their Lord’s society is
enough for their largest desires. They need no teachers there; they
doubtless commune with one another concerning the things of God, but they
do not require this by way of instruction; they shall all be taught of the
Lord. Ours are the alms at the king’s gate, but they feast at the table
itself. Here we lean upon the friendly arm, but there they lean upon their
Beloved and upon him alone. Here we must have the help of our companions,
but there they find all they want in Christ Jesus. Here we look to the
meat which perisheth, and to the raiment which decays before the moth, but
there they find everything in God. We use the bucket to fetch us water
from the well, but there they drink from the fountain head, and put their
lips down to the living water. Here the angels bring us blessings, but we
shall want no messengers from heaven then.
They shall need no Gabriels there to bring their love-notes from God, for
there they shall see him face to face.
Oh! what a blessed time shall that be when we shall have mounted above
every second cause and shall rest upon the bare arm of God! What a
glorious hour when God, and not his creatures; the Lord, and not his
works, shall be our daily joy! Our souls shall then have attained the
perfection of bliss.

C.H.SPURGEON

SOLI DEO GLORIA!