Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-12-26

l2:4). But man
aE.sss2 X2szsa was made for cor.
poreity" and will not reach perfection
until clothed with a glorified body. The
text exhibits some privileges of the
finally redeemed who will dwell in
the holy city, new Jerusalem"
Service.
His servants shall serve him" The
common idea of heaven is as a place
! of rest, and it will be so. Earth is
| full Of weary ones, and the millions
who follow Buddhism, with its teach
ing of humiliation as the final blessed
ness, are evidence of the craving for
rest. But heaven may be a place OF
rest and of service too. Says Mac.
| laren: Work at its intensest, which
Is pleasurable work and level to the
capacity of the doer. is the truest form
/ Of rest. In vacuity there are stings
and tOrments: it is only in joyous &C.
tiyity which is not pushed to the ex-
tent of strain and unwholesome effort
that the true rest of man is TO be
found"
What will the service be? Those
who are faithful over a few things
will be made rulers over many. In
the regeneration" the apostles will
sit on thrones, judging the II tribes
of Israel Matt. 1929; and we hear
CT saints who will rule over five cities
or ten duke 19): this seems to point
to millennial times, when the glori,
fled will share the government OF
earth. Again. Ephesians 81 shows
We have been saved that in the ages
to come he might show the exceeding
riches OF his grace in his kindness to-
ward us through Christ Jesus" Won.
| dering angels will magnify the grace
of God in us. One of large vision
| says, I'VE know not what new worlds
may be created, what new spheres
may be opened for the exercise of the
powers of those who shall reign in
| life"
His servants shall do him priestly
| service" is the literal meaning of the
| phrase before us. While it will be all
work, it will be all worship. 1t will
| be the happy estate of Mary and
| Martha combined. Work will be wor
| ship and worship will be work, yet in
both we shall rest, sitting at Jesus
/ feet.
Vision.
"They shall see his face" This
seems to contradict some scriptures
which tell us man will never see God.
! True, in a sense We can never see
! God. God is a spirit and cannot be
seen corporeally: we may never be
/ hold more than a symbol of him, az
Stephen saw the glory of Cod" yet
this would not preclude our knowing
him, for spirit with spirit can meet"
| Moreover, we shall not see God in
the sense of finding him out to per.
| lection; he is infinite and We shall
have always before us the Joy of dis.
covery.
But while this is true, we shall see
Jesus, who said, "He that hath seen
me hath seen the Father" He is the
word by whom God Is revealed. We
see now through a glass darkly, but
then, face to face. We would not min.
imize the work of the Holy Ghost in
us, revealing Christ, but the early
Christians longed to behold the face
of their Lord: their cry was. Even SO.
come, Lord Jesus"
Knowing as I am known,
How shall I love that word.
And oft repeat before the throne
Forever with the Lord
Likeness.
Ellis name shall be in their fore
heads" This speaks of ownership.
But it suggests likeness, too. for in
Scripture the name stands for mani
tested character; we shall have Gods
image stamped upon us. We seek to
be holy now, but there we shall have
attained. I'VE shall be like him"
There is no sin in heaven:
Behold that happy throng,
All glorious in their spotless robes,
All holy In their song,
Our light affection, which is but for
a moment. worketh for US far more
exceeding and eternal weight of glory,
while we look no. at the things which
are seen. but at the things which are
not seen: for the things which are
seen are temporal; but the things
which are not seen are eternal For
We know that II our earthly house OF
this tabernacle were dissolved, we
have a building of God. a house not
made with hands. eternal in the heav.
ems" Gil Cor. 4:17-5:1).