I want to just say again what
a delight it's been for me to be with you for these services.
I've enjoyed it so very much. Always good to see you. Good
to see you. Will you turn with me tonight to the book of Revelation
chapter 7. Revelation chapter 7. We'll begin reading at verse
9 and read the rest of the chapter. Revelation 7 and verse 9. Dave made mention of this in
the song he just sang. After this I beheld and lo, a
great multitude which no man could number, of all nations,
and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne
and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes and palms in
their hands, and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our
God! which setteth upon the throne
and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round
about the throne and about the elders and the four beasts, and
fell before the throne on their faces and worshiped God, saying,
Amen. Blessing and glory and wisdom
and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be unto our God
forever and ever. Amen. And one of the elders answered
saying unto me, what are these which are arrayed in white robes
and whence came they? And I said unto him, sir, thou
knowest. And he said to me, these are
they which came out of great tribulation and have washed their
robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb. Therefore,
are they before the throne of God and serve him day and night
in his temple and he that setteth on the throne shall dwell among
them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither
shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the lamb which
is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead
them unto living fountains of waters, and God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes. In chapter one of this book,
We're told where John was at the time he was given this blessed
vision of the redeemed in glory and why he was there. Verse 9
of chapter 1, John, who also am your brother, and companion
in tribulation and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ
was in the owl that is called Patmos for the word of God and
for the testimony of Jesus Christ. He was outcast for the preaching
of the gospel. But notwithstanding all that,
John was exactly, John was exactly where God Almighty wanted him
to be. Because he was given, while he
was here on this island, John was given this revelation to
strengthen him and to encourage him. But not just him, you and
I as well. Because John saw revealed before
him that one who is the mighty God, the everlasting Father,
the Prince of Peace. Look in verse 1 of chapter 1. The revelation, senior. The revelation
of Jesus Christ which God gave unto him to show unto his servants
things which must, must shortly come to pass. And he sent and
signified it by his angel unto his servant John. The revelation
not of John, but of Jesus Christ. You remember when our Lord, after
his resurrection, And after those 40 days of appearing at various
times to his disciples, he led them out for the last time to
Mount Olivet. As they ascended to the top of
it, as he spoke to them, he was taken up. He was exalted. He was taken up. How high? How
high was he taken up? Well, so high that everything's
beneath him. So high that Everything's under
His feet, so high that God has exalted His Son and given Him
a name. above all other names and declares
that every knee shall bow to his son. There's just no doubt
about that. And every tongue confess that
he is the Lord to the glory of God the Father. And as the disciples
stood and watched this wonderful sight of the Lord Jesus ascending
back to his Father, back to glory, the angel stood by and said,
ye men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven?
This same Jesus. This same Jesus. Remember what
our Lord said in Matthew 24? When the disciples asked Him
what should be the sign of His coming and the end of the world,
the first thing He said to them, and repeated throughout His discourse,
be not deceived. Because many false Christ shall
arise and deceive many. If possible, deceive the very
elect. Oh, what a master stroke, so
to speak, it was by the father of lies when he pawned off on
this generation and many preceding generations another Jesus. Can you think of anything more
sad? than to trust another Jesus, that imposter, that one that
we're told can't have his way, that one that needs our help. That's not the same Jesus. Oh
no, that one that they watched to send back to glory and that
one that was revealed again to John is the mighty God, the captain
of our salvation. I have two single commentaries
at home on this book of Revelation. One was written by a man named
William Hendrickson, and it was published in 1940, and the title
of that book is More Than Conquerors. The other one was written by
your pastor, Mr. Fortner Don, and it was published
in 2002, and it's called Discovering Christ in Revelation. You take
those two titles together, And you have a pretty good description
of the book of Revelation. Jesus Christ, through him we
are more than conquerors. In Isaiah chapter 46, we read
these words. Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob,
and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are born by
me from the belly, which are carried from the womb. Even unto
your old age I am he. I am still God. I am the Lord,
I change not. And the blessed consequence of
our unchanging God is that we will not be consumed. Even to
your old age, I am He, I am God. And even to whore hairs will
I carry you, I will carry you. I have made and I will bear,
even I will carry and will deliver you. What a blessed, blessed
hope that is. God says He will uphold you by
the right hand of His righteousness. He will enable you to bear your
afflictions. He giveth and He giveth and He
giveth more grace. Is there any other explanation? of how Job could endure what
he did. As he sat in the sackcloth and
the ashes, emblems of the grief of his soul, he said, the Lord
has given and the Lord has taken us away. And instead of cursing
God, as his wife suggested, he said, blessed be the name of
the Lord. How do you explain that? There's only one way to. He giveth, and he giveth, and
he giveth more grace. I will uphold you by the right
hand of my righteousness. Satan says to you and I, I'll
trip you up. It's just a matter of time. I'm
going to trip you up. But God says, I'll uphold you.
Unbelief says, one of these days, you're going to fall and perish.
You just won't hold out. But God says, no, I'll uphold
you. Your flesh cries out, I can never
bear up under this cross. But God says, yes, you can, because
I will uphold you. Your feeble heart cries, how
can I endure such bereavement, such trials, such temptations,
such losses? And again, God says, I will uphold
you. The Bible testifies that all
believers go from strength to strength Every believer in Zion
appears before God. In weakness, the Lord strengthens
us. In poverty, he supplies all of
our needs. In sickness, the Lord sustains
us. And in death, the Lord gives
us the final victory. O death, where is thy sting?
O grave, where is thy victory? Revelation, singular. apocalypse. The word is, it means
unveiling, it means uncovering of the Lord Jesus Christ and
this revealing of Christ as he is assures every child of God
of their ultimate victory over the world, the flesh, and the
devil. The theme of this book, as I
said, is the victory of Christ And Christ's victory is his children's
victory. His triumph is their triumph. Look at that one John Saul unveiled
before him. Oh, the mighty God. Look, if
you will, again in chapter 1. Chapter 1, verse 8. The risen,
exalted, reigning Lord. Oh, I like that. Don't you? I am Alpha, he says. and Omega, the beginning and
the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which
is to come, The Almighty. The Almighty. I think he can
keep this week's center. Look, if you will, still in chapter
1, verse 17, John says, When I saw him, I popped my suspenders
and struggled around and said, look what I've seen. I've got
something you don't have. Now, when you see these peacocks
that do such a thing and act in such a way and claim they've
had a revelation of the Lord of Glory, you can be sure they
haven't. If I'm not mistaken, there's
never a time Old Testament knew that God was pleased to reveal
himself to some sinner that they didn't bow down before him. They
melted before him. That's exactly what John said,
or did rather. When I saw him, I didn't strut. No, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his hand upon me
saying unto me, fear not, I am the first and the last. I am
he that liveth and was dead and behold, John, Behold, look at
this. Look at me, John. I am alive
forevermore, amen, and have the keys of hell and of death. He is that one who says to his
suffering children, I have redeemed you. You're mine. When you pass
through the fire, it won't hurt you. The flames won't kindle
up on you. When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you. I've bought you. I've ransomed
you. You belong to me. This is the
revelation of what an encouragement it must have been to the Lord's
suffering servant, John, and to you and I. The revelation
of our great God and Savior, the captain of our salvation. Oh, what an encouragement to
pilgrims in this world to press on toward the mark of the prize
of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. We're going to
Emmanuel's land. We're going to see him that loved
us and gave himself for us. Let me read you two statements,
one by old John Newton, the writer of that blessed old hymn Amazing
Grace, the other by a man named Martin Lloyd Jones. Mr. Newton wrote, It is part of my
daily habit to look back to my slavery in Africa. Not only was
Newton a slave trader at one time in his life, he himself
became a slave for a while. He said, it's been my habit every
day to look back to that time, to my slavery in Africa, and
to retrace the path by which the Lord has led me. For about
47 years since, he called me from infidelity and madness. My astonishing unsought deliverance
from the hopeless wickedness and misery into which I had plunged
myself, taken in connection with what he has done for me since,
make me say with peculiar emphasis, oh to grace, how great a debtor
daily I'm constrained to be. Pardon me, Mr. Newton, I have
to say the same thing. Not a literal slave, but a slave
to sin, bound by greater chains than any earthly man could bind
me with, and I too must say with you all to grace how greater
debtor daily I'm constrained to be. Martin Lloyd-Jones wrote,
the sufferings of this present time are many and they are painful. They're not pretend, we feel
them, we feel them. They cause us to weep and to
be sad. They rob us of rest and sleep
and make our days dreary and our nights weary. They take from
us our mates and our dear children. They cause us to be troubled
on every side, perplexed and often cast down. But, he said,
but they are not worthy to be compared with the glory of Christ
which shall be revealed in us. And that is exactly so, is it
not? His promise to you and I is this,
I will not leave you comfortless. That's what he told his disciples
that night, didn't he? John 14, he said, I'm going away.
I'm going away, I'm leaving you. And they felt like orphans. They felt like orphans. And that's
exactly what the word means. I will not leave you comfortless.
I will not leave you as orphans. I will come to you. I will see
you again. I will come to you. Nothing,
nothing can separate me from you. Not even death. I'm going
to see you again. Bless his glorious name. And
his promise to you and I is the same. Lo, I am with you always,
even unto the end of the world. Now look here in Revelation chapter
7. Verse 14, the elders answered
the John. As to who are these, John, and
where did they come from? He said, these are they which
came out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and
made them white in the blood of the Lamb. These are they which
came out. We're given here a glimpse, a
glimpse into glory. and what a blessed sight it is. In chapter 4, John heard a voice
from heaven saying, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which
must be. Now I like that. I always show you things that
might be, could be, should be, hope to be. No, because the one
that speaks those words is the one John saw sitting upon that
one throne in heaven, verse 2. John said he was caught up to
heaven and he saw a throne set in heaven and one man the God-man
set up on that throne. And it's He that says, with absolute
authority, this same Jesus says, John, you come here and I'm gonna
show you things that must be hereafter. There's no question
about it. Never a man spake like this man. He says and it's done. He wills
it and it's so. Everything he purposed, he's
able to perform. He's able to bring to pass. And
one of those things that must come to pass is what John saw
here in Revelation 7, that multitude before the throne. In Mark's
Gospel, Chapter 4, our Lord told the disciples one time, let us
pass over into the other side. They got in a ship, started to
cross the Lake of Galilee, and a storm arose. Oh, and our Lord
was asleep. And the storm arose, and the
boat was being tossed to and fro, and the disciples were scared
to death. But in chapter 5, the first verse,
we read, and they came over to the other side. John, I'm gonna
show you things that must come to pass. Let us pass over into
the other side. I saw a multitude that no man
can number, and they came over into the other side. If he redeemed
them, they'll be with him where he is. If God chose them, they'll
be with Him where He is. If God's purpose, if He's able
to make His purpose realized, we'll be with Him where He is.
If Christ truly redeemed us with His own precious blood, it's
only right and just that we be with the One who bought us and
gave Himself for us. They'll pass over unto the other
side. They all came out of great tribulation. This passage here in chapter
7 is like a mirror, isn't it? A mirror set in eternity in which
a believer sees reflected his future glory. and condition. We all beholding as in a mirror
our heavenly glory are encouraged to look forward to that time
when we shall be changed into the same image from glory to
glory by the Spirit of the Lord. The verses unfold to us the former
experience and condition of the redeemed under the twofold aspect
of sin and suffering. They were washed and they came
out of great tribulation. But concerning both their sins
and their tribulation, they came out. Oh, blessed grace. Grace had brought me safe thus
far, and grace will lead me home. I like Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
so much, that's why I quote it so often, but I'm reminded of
it here. In this verse of scripture, that's
our text, the views of the pilgrim when by faith he surveys the
better land, when God by his grace gives him a glimpse of
glory. It's like what Christians saw
when he viewed the delectable mountains. Bunyan wrote, then
I saw in my dream that on tomorrow he got up to go forward. But
they desired him to stay until the next day, and said that if
he would, the next day would be clear, and they would show
him the delectable mountains, which they say would yet be further,
to his comfort, add to his comfort rather, because they were nearer
the desired haven than the place where at present they were. So
he consented to stay. When the morning came, they took
him up to the top of the house and bid him look south. So he
did, and behold, at a great distance, he saw a most pleasant, mountainous
country, beautified with woods and vineyards and fruits of all
sorts and flowers also, with springs and fountains very delectable
to behold. Then he asked them the name of
the country, and they said it was Emanuel's Land. Emanuel's Land. When I can read
my title clear, the mansions in the sky, I'll bid farewell
to every fear and wipe my weeping eyes. Let cares like a wild deluge
come and storms of sorrow fall. May I but safely reach my home,
my God, my heaven, my all. There I shall bathe my weary
soul in seas of heavenly rest and not a wave of trouble roll
across my peaceful breast. When we read these are they which
came out of great tribulation, we should not really be surprised,
should we? We really shouldn't be surprised.
The surprise would be if they didn't come out. If they weren't
brought out, remember what the great high priest of our profession
prayed in John 17. Among the many wonderful things
he said, he willed for them from his father. He said in verse
24, Father, I will that they also, that those whom thou has
given me, be with me. Now that's a pretty good description
of heaven, isn't it? What's heaven? It's to be with
Him. What's glory, Bobby? It's to
see His face. It's to look upon the face of
the One who saved me by His grace. Oh, what a day that will be.
Father, I will also that those whom Thou has given me be with
me where I am that they may behold my glory. Father, I will this
also. I will this for them. And that
one who speaks, who wills it, that they be with Him where He
is, that they might behold His glory, that's the will of the
omnipotent God and King. When I hear Him say, Father,
I will, I ask you this, who's going to prevent it? If He wills
it, then who's gonna hold them back? If He wills that this sinner
be with Him where He is, I ask you, who's gonna prevent it?
Who's gonna stop it? Oh no, Christ wants me with Him.
That's astounding. I declare, that's astounding,
that He wants me with Him. It's amazing that he should.
As Wesley wrote, how can it be, how can it be that thou should
love a soul like me, oh how can it be? And yet how comforting
that he does. He wants me with him where he
is. And how assuring that he will
bring it to pass. Surely as he thought it, so shall
it be. Listen to him. Look, if you will,
back in John chapter 6. Listen to how he speaks. There
is not a trace of doubt in his words. No speculation whatsoever. He says, matter of factly, in
John chapter 6, verse 37, again, a familiar verse we read it the
other morning, Sunday. He says, all that the Father
giveth me shall come to me. Do you see any loopholes in there
for it being any other way? Do you? Not at all, not at all. All that the Father, not some
of them, not most of them, not all except one, oh no, all that
the Father gave me, all that He entrusted in, we saw them.
John said, I saw them all too. They all appear before God in
Zion. They all came out of Great Tribulation.
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me, and him that
cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out, because I came down
from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that
sent me, God's will. And this is the Father's will
which had sent me, that of all that he had given me I should
lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
When he gathers all of his sheep before the throne of God Almighty,
it will be the boast and the glory of the captain of our salvation
to say to God, Father, here they are. Here am I and all the children
that you gave me, here they are. I lost none. They all came out
of great tribulation. Are you still in, John? Look
in chapter 10, verse 9. And again, notice how matter-of-factly
he speaks. John 10, verse 9. I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, he
shall be saved. He shall be saved. He's able
to save unto the uttermost all that come unto God by him. He's
able to keep us and present us faultless before the throne of
God's glory. He shall be saved and shall go
in and out and find pasture. I am the good shepherd, verse
14, and know my sheep and am known of mine, verse 16. And other sheep I have, which
are not of this fold, them also I must bring. John, let me show
you things that must be. Them also I must bring and they
shall hear my voice. And there shall be one fold and
one shepherd. Verse 27, my sheep hear my voice,
and I know them, and they follow me, and I give them eternal life. Oh, he speaks with such power,
such certainty, and I give them eternal life, and they shall
never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. Oh yes, they all come out. He said, except a corn of wheat
fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone. But if it fall
into the ground and die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He, for the
joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising
the shame. The joy of bringing many sons
to glory. The joy of redeeming his people. The joy of bringing all those
the Father entrusted into His hands back to the Father who
gave them to Him in that everlasting covenant of grace. For that joy.
But what joy would it be if one of those sheep, one of those
sheep, what joy would it be for our Great Shepherd if just one
of them should perish? No, no, no. They all came out. They all came out on the other
side. Yes, Daniel was cast into the
lion's den, but he came out, didn't he? He didn't stay there.
Those three young Hebrews went into the fiery furnace, but they
all came out. David said, yea, though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death, he doesn't stay there. He walks through by God's grace
on into glory land. He walked out. And my hurting
brother and sister in Christ, so shall you. If you're one of
His redeemed, called, chosen, though you may endure great tribulation,
you too by His mighty grace shall come out and be more than a conqueror
through Him that loved us. How can we be more than conquerors? Turn, if you will, to 2 Corinthians
chapter 4. That's what Paul tells us here,
2 Corinthians 4. Verse 16, for which cause we faint not,
but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed
day by day. For our light affliction, my
soul, Paul, you call what you endured what you suffered? The
persecution, the beatings, the loneliness, light affliction. He says, yeah, in comparison
to what's waiting for me, oh yeah, it's light. In Romans 8,
he said, it is not worthy to be compared. Our light affliction,
which is but for a moment, worketh for us, not against us. All things
work together for good. Worketh for us a far more exceeding
and eternal weight of glory. While we look not at the things
which are seen, oh, for a glimpse into glory. But if 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,
we know, we don't doubt, we don't guess, we know, that if our earthly
house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building
of God, A house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Blessed be his name. Turn, if
you will, to 1 Thessalonians. 1 Thessalonians chapter 4, verse 13. Paul says, but I will not have
you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep,
those who have died, believers. that ye sorrow not, even as others
which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus
died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus
will God bring with him. They're with him now. For this
we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive
and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them
which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend,
this same Jesus shall descend from heaven with a shout, with
the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God, and the
dead in Christ shall rise first. Christ the firstfruits. Then
we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall
we ever be with the Lord, with the Lord forever. Paul said in
Romans 8, we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen is not
hope. For what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if
we hope for that which we see not, then do we with patience
wait for it? We have hope. Millions, millions
in our religious day have a false hope, have a form of godliness,
but some, by the grace of God, have a good hope. good hope,
a good hope through grace wrought in them by the Holy Spirit and
fixed upon eternal realities. This hope is well grounded on
the oath of God, the blood of the covenant, and the pledge
of the Holy Spirit. This hope is well supported by
all the promises of God, the experience of God's people, and
the glorious character of God himself. It is certain to every
believer as certain as the promise of God, the care of the Holy
Spirit, and the intercession of Jesus Christ can make it.
It's as certain for Jesus has taken possession of it in our
nature, in our name, and as our representative to prepare it
for us waiting our reception. Many of our brethren have already
gathered there as part of the family to whom it was bequeathed.
Our treasure is laid up there, our hearts and our hopes are
there, And soon, when a few more days are come, we shall be there
as well. Remember, the revelation unveils
him. John saw him when he was caught
up to heaven, him who sat upon the throne, him who is in the
heavens doing whatsoever he hath pleased. Him who saideth, King
forever. Him, the Lord of glory, who always
has his way. I was channel surfing in the
hotel room the other evening and this fella was on and he
was saying, what you need to do, believer, is let God have
control. Let God have control. I mean,
I want to say, stop, stop. Buddy, did you hear what you
just said? I mean, let God, if God must
allow me to allow Him to have control, He's not God. He's not
God. God is not allowed to have control. God does have control. Jesus
Christ has his way all the time. In the whirlwind and in the storm,
the clouds are but the dust of his feet. He has his way always. None can stay his hand. None
can say unto him, what doest thou? Glory to his name. He has
power over all flesh. And this helpless sinner is in
his hand. And there's nobody, no devil,
no human, nothing can pluck me out of his mighty hand. Oh, I
feel good. I feel good resting there, don't
you? In other words, he's sovereign.
That's what they sing in chapter 19, isn't it? The Lord God omnipotent
reigneth. And a believer doesn't grit his
teeth at that, he rejoices that it's so. That's the very pillow
that he lays his head on in times of trial and heartache, to know
that Jesus Christ is in the heavens doing whatsoever he hath pleased,
nothing more comforting through a suffering, hurting child of
God than this. Our God rules always. And that God, that mighty God
is my Father. I'm a child of the King. That's why every believer must
pass over unto the other side. Paul said, we referred to this
a moment ago, in Romans 8 and 18, for I reckon, I like Paul's
arithmetic, He said, I reckon that the sufferings of this present
time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be
revealed in us. Paul compares present sufferings,
no matter what they might be, with future glory. And believers
are exposed to all kinds of suffering. And instead of obtaining an exemption
on the ground of their sonship, they are assured that because
they are sons, they will suffer. Through much tribulation, we
must inherit the kingdom of God. And how much some suffer in mind,
doubts, fears, temptations, some endure a mental suffering. I
have a friend where I pastor, he's not even been able to be
in service for a while, but for most of his life, he suffered
mentally. I talked to him several times
a week. And he asked me one evening, he said, Larry, I wonder why
my life's been like it is. And I said, my friend, I don't
know. But one day, God's going to make
it all plain. It's all going to be cleared
up. All your tears are going to be wiped away. Some suffer
in body. They never have a day that they
don't experience pain. Some suffer financially. Some
suffer reproach. Some suffer in the domestic circle,
in the home. Oh, that's a tough one there,
isn't it? In the home. from the relationships of life
and are called to suffer long and seriously, but whether from
trouble in the mind, in the body, trials in business, family disorder,
or persecution for Christ's sake, all suffer, and most believers
suffer much, but they all came out. I like that. I like that. My soul, I look back on that
battlefield, that the captain of our salvation has brought
us through. And I see sin conquered, Satan
conquered, every trial, every tribulation overcome, and we've
all come out on other side. And look who led us all the way,
our Savior, Jesus Christ the Lord. Jesus on you, our hope
depends, to lead us on to your abode. assured our home will
make amends for all the toil while on the road. Will it not? Look what trials that those who
came out of great tribulation endured. Ask any one of them,
any one of that great multitude, and they might reply from the
other side, what trials? What trials? They're not worthy
to be compared to the glory that's now revealed in us. Let me read you a verse of scripture.
We'll wrap this up from Isaiah chapter 51. One verse, verse
11. Therefore the redeemed of the
Lord shall return, no doubt about it, and come with singing unto
Zion. and everlasting joy shall be
upon their head. They shall obtain gladness and
joy, and sorrow and mourning shall flee away." Sorrow and
mourning shall flee away. If Jehovah is your God, he says,
I will be their God and they shall be my people. If Jehovah
is your God, then all his glorious attributes and perfections are
engaged on your behalf. His mercy will supply all your
needs, His power will conquer all your foes, His wisdom will
direct your ways, His faithfulness will answer your prayers, His
justice will maintain your cause, and His infinite love and mercy
will be displayed in all His gracious dealings with you until
we're all gathered on the other side. Let me close by reading
a few verses of an old hymn. It says, and when the weary traveler
gains the height of some overlooking hill, his heart revives if across
the plains he eyes his home, though distant still. While he
surveys the much-loved spot, he slights the space that lies
between. His past fatigues are now forgotten
because his journey's end is seen. Thus, when the Christian
pilgrim views by faith his mansion in the skies, The sight his fainting
strength renews, and wings his speed to reach the prize. The
thought of home his spirit cheers. No more he grieves for troubles
past, nor any future trial he fears, so he may safe arrive
at last. Tis there, he says, I am to dwell
with Jesus in the realms of day. Then I shall bid my cares farewell,
and he will wipe all my tears away. Amen. Amen.