A Glance into Heavenly Bliss
by James Michael O Eternity All at once I find myself in an unbounded
flood of bliss, a spacious sea of glory, lost in wonder amidst
ineffable delights, and transported with the raptures of seraphic
harmony. While all His saints rejoice
in His excellent glory, what ardor glows in every soul, what
rapture swells in every song! Oh, the adorable displays of
His perfections, the manifestations of His goodness, the outlettings
of His love! Here we received out of His fullness
grace upon grace and glory upon glory. Our possession is worthy
of our liberal giver. We have a kingdom which cannot
be moved, an undefiled inheritance which does not fade away, a city
with foundations whose builder and maker is God. garments of
glory, a crown of righteousness and eternal life, the tree of
life to feed upon, the fountain of life to drink of, the garden
of God to walk in, life above the reach of death, health secured
from sickness, pleasure without pain. Our bodies are immortal,
our souls immaculate, our senses sanctified, our conceptions spiritualized,
our faculties enlarged, and our whole soul replenished by divinity. Our past bliss is with us in
the sweet remembrance, our present bliss entrances in the enjoyment,
and our future bliss is present with us in the full assurance
of our eternal felicity. Thus, we are forever blessed
to the highest degree. We are above all fear, beyond
anxiety and doubt, and fixed above all change. Our service
is sincere, our adorations ardent, our knowledge profound and satisfying. Rapture rushes in at every part. Our eyes are ravished with seeing
the King in His beauty, Our ears with hearing the songs of the
inner temple, Our nose with the fragrance of the rose of Sharon,
the plant of renown, Our feet with standing in His holy place,
Our hands with handling of the word of life, Our mouth with
the wine of our beloved, which goes down sweetly, Causing our
souls to shout aloud, and the lips to sing and never cease. Our experience of His fullness,
our vision of His perfections and glory constitute our most
exalted bliss and are the heaven of heavens. Oh, what torrents
of eternal love teem from the throne into our souls! Oh, the
pleasure that is in His presence! Oh, the exuberant rivers of joy
that flow at His right hand! O love, never to be forgotten,
which has brought me safely through so many winding labyrinths and
crooked paths, in sight of so many enemies, in spite of a tempting
devil, the accusations of my sins, the rebellion of my lusts,
the carnality of my affections, and the weakness of all my graces,
to dwell at last forever in heavenly bliss. O Eternity, once the comfort
of our longing expectations, now the transport of our enlarged
souls. For we are ever with the Lord,
seeing His unclouded face, wearing His divine name, drinking at
the streams of His pleasures, eating of His hidden manna. sitting
beneath the tree of life, basking under the beams of the sun of
righteousness, singing hallelujahs to Him who loved us, who washed
us from our sins in His blood and brought us here to be with
Him forever. O state of complete happiness
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