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WIFI that purchased by the second Adam, who
is the Lord from heaven! 1t is purchased
possession. The price it cost the purchaser,
every one knows. Now, having purchased it,
he has gone to prepare ito set it in order-to
lay out his skill upon it. o, what place will
Jesus make-has already made--heaven The
place should attract us.
Then thought of the freedom of the place
from the evils of earth There is no night there.
And who does not desire to 60 where no night
is. No natural night-none of its darkness, its
damps, its drearness and no moral nght-no
ignorance--no error--no sin. These all belong
to the night. And why is no night there =
What shines so perpetually! 1t is no natural
luminary. 1t is a moral radiance that lights up
heaven. "The glory of God doth tighten it,
and the Lamb is the light thereof" No need
have they of any other light. This shines every
where and on all. All light is sweet but there
is no other light so sweet as this
And not only no night there, but no curse
Christ redeemed them from the curse of the
| law, being made curse for them. And "no
more DEATH" The last enemy is overcome at
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toriously, 80 death where is thy sting -
Neither sorrow, nor sighing--no expression Of
grief. "Neher shall there be any more pain,
for the former things are passed away And
what becomes of tears. "God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes"
| have said there was no sin in heaven. II
sin was there, then there would be night, and
all the other evils that follow in the train of sim
| What then is there, since these are not 3
Day is there-and there is the blessing that ma
keith rch-there is life and mmortality-and a
fnllness of joy-joy that is unspeakable. In
stead of tears, there are smiles; and there they
rest not from all their labors only, but from cares
and doubts, am fears. And there is an exceed
ing and eternal weight of glory.
Then thought of the society. 1t is compo-
sed of the Elite ol the Universe. The various
orders OF angels who kept their first cstate-as
humble as they are high-not ashamed of men,
Why should they be, when the Lord of angels is
not ashamed to call us brethren! Th, excel
lent OF the earth also--all the choice spirits OF
every are and nation--the first man, the first
martyr, the trans lated PATRIARCH the survivor OF
the deiuge, Abraham, the friend of God, Isaac
and Israel. Moses. the lawgiycr, and joshua
the plous king, the prophets. the evangelists
| and apostles, the marIyrs-thc relormers, the
paritans, the missionaries, Swartz Brainerd
Martyn-Cary and Morrison have Just gone up
and the young brothers who assembled from Sum-
lnatra-these all died in the faith, and have zone
to their resting place.
! Nor is that all. Where is he who used to
lisp father" or smother! - When he passed
out OF your arms, did he not pass into those OF
Jesus! Yes, you suffered him. Ii any ether
| than Jesus had said "sliiler them to cone unto
me" you would have said No. Death does not
quench those recently struck sparks Of intclli-
gence. Jesus is not going to lose one of those
| little brillants. All shall be in his crown.
Perhaps thou hast brother, or sister there.
Perhaps mother-she whose eye wept while
| it watched over thee, until at length il grew dim
and closed. Perhaps one nearer, dearer than
child, than brother, than mothcr-the nearest,
dearest is there. Shall say who! Christian
female, thy husband Christian father, the
young mother OF thy babes. lie is not she is
not for God took them. Has heaven no at
fractions
Heaven is gaining attractions every day.
True, the principal attractions continue the
! same. But the lesser ones multiply. Some
nave attractions ulere now, which they had not
lew months ago. Earth is losing; but its
losses are Lc"D"n's gains. They who have left
so many dwelling plalos of earth dcsoate, have
gone to their Fathers house in heaven. What
If they shall not return to us We shall no TO
them, and that is far better.
But the principal attractions have not men,
toned. There is our iathcr--our heavenly
father, whom we have so often addressed as
such in prayer-lIe that hath nourished and
brought us up-iie that hath watched over us
with an eye that never sleeps, and provided for
us with hand that never tires and who can
pity too. We have never seen our heavenly
Father. But there he reveals himself There
he smiles; and the nations of the saved walk in
the light of his countenance.
| And there is He, 10 depart and be with whom.
Paul desired, as being far better than to live
There is his gloritied humanity. IT, not having
seen him, We love him; and if, though now
we see him not yet believing, we rejoice with
joy unspeakable and full of glory; what will be
our love and our joy VIXEN we shall see him as
he is!
Heaven has attractions--many, and strong
and yet, how few feel and obey the heavenly
attraction! How much more powerfully earth
acts upon us How unwilling we are to leave
it, even for heaven.
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