Within the Gates or Glimpses of the Glorified Life (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1871 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI. THE WORSHIP OF HEAVEN. "'Tis Heaven begnn below To hear Christ's praises flow In Zion where His name is known: What will it be above To sing redeeming love, And cast our crowns before His throne "When we adore Him there We shall be void of fear, Nor faith, nor hope, nor patience need; Love will absorb us quite, Love in the midst of light, On God's eternal love shall feed. "Oh what sweet company We then shall hear and see What harmony, will there abound When souls unnumber'd sing The praise of Zion's King, Nor one dissenting voice is found "With everlasting joy, Such as will never cloy, We shall be fill'd, nor wish for more; Bright as meridian day, Calm as the evening ray, Full as a sea without a shore. "Till that blest period come, Zion shall be my home; And may I never thence remove, Till from the Church below To heaven at once I go, And there commune in perfect love " Joseph Swain. 1792. MONG-all the celestial delights begotten by love, ----there is none more complete than the worship in which we shall engage in our estate of eternal joy. Heaven is represented as a sanctuary. In the earlier portion of the Revelation it is described as a temple. In the latter chapters we are told, "I saw no temple therein, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the Temple thereof." These representations may appear to contradict each other, but if we look at them more closely we shall see that they are in perfect harmony. Look at the picture. There is a temple. The whole of Heaven is represented as that shrine of devotion. All the inhabitants of the celestial home are within its precincts. It is large enough to hold the great congregation assembled from East and West, from North and South, who "sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom ...