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KM 5^ > '1^ •z^ < AN ANTIDOTE TO WEARINESS IN WELL-DOING, AND COMBORT FOR THE AFFLICTED AND BEREAVED. EDITED BY ZETHAR. ' Faith, Hope, and Love were questioned what they thought Of future glory, which religioii taught. Now, Faith believed it firmly to be true ; And Hope expected so to fintl it too ; Love ansvc;red, smiling with a conscious glow, ' Helieve I expect I ! I know it to be so.' " TORONTO: WIIvKIAM EBRIGOS, WESLEY UUILDINGS. Montreal: C. W. COATES. Halifax: S. F. HQESTIS. Entered according to ihc Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year one t housand eight hundred and ninety , by Richard Stkaciian, i caford, at the Department of Agriculture. CONTENTS, Heavenly Aspirations. Editor I Shall bcj Satisfied. Anon. The Soul a Yearning for Home E. T. Bkichwell, M Heavenly Meditation a Duty. F.W.Robertson "Seeing as in a glass." Editor The Interior Sight. Chriatian Advocate - The Spirit's Insight. Editor - - . . The Transforming Gaze. Rev. O. A. Page Beyond. Emily J. Bugbee - ■ . , Living in the Beyond. Christian Advocate The Unseen Land. I^ancy A. W. Priest A View from Promise Ground. Guide to Holinesa Foretaste of Heaven. Francis Atterbury Foretaste and Consummation. Thomas ^Seeker The Great Hereafter. Otivay Jurry, Esq. A Glance at the Future. P, P. Daley . Looking over Jordan. Christian Advocate Glimpses of Heaven. Inter -Ocean - The Veil of the Unseen. Rev. Thos. Whitehead The Future State. Rev. John Gilmour Faith Changed to Sight. J. Oio f; # 20 THE INTERIOR SIOTIT. 1 heavens opened, and the Son of man standing? on the right hand of (iod." Superhuman power, vsuch as we find in the souls of the martyrs, is given only to those who possess the interior spiritual sight. Here do we find the soul's greatest capacity ; greatest, because this is capable of revealing the deepest essential truths. This eye with- in, quickened in its visual energy by the fulness of the Holy Ghost, is neither slow in its action nor limited in its field of observation. In that solemn moment when the soul is about to leave its earthly tenement, and soar away to its heavenly home, all truth lies open before it. Illimitable expanse is now its portion. Whatever the interior sight reveals to us in such an hour will be associated with the one infinite name — Jesus. This gives us strength. The fagot and the flame, the rude missiles of death and the scorn of an infuriated mob, are as nothing then. Oh, what a revelation when the Son of man stands forth at the right hand of God in our behalf ! Isaiah had this interior sight, and cried, " Behold, God is my salvation ; I will trust and not be afraid, for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song." Zachariah also saw, and shouted aloud, " Rejoice greatly O daughter of Zion ; behold thy King cometh." John the Baptist " seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." The mighty Lord, the Creator of all flesh, calls upon His redeemed universe, " Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth." — Christian Advocate. # THE SPIRITS INSIGHT. 21 THE SPIRITS INSIGHT. M "A soul inspired with the warmest aspirations after celestial beatitudes keeps its powers attentive." — Watts. Oft as I think about the home above, Where Jesus ha>i prepared a place for me, I fain would have the power to pierce the cloud Which drapes the narrow vale 'twixt earth and heaven That I mijrht see the glory of the place Prepared for me as my abiding home. But I must die ere I can see, and know, > All I desire of that celestial state. Yet, with the earnest of its hallowed bliss Within my heart, how near it seems to be, Though still to mortal eyes the while unseen. Here, by the spirit's insight I can catch Some pleasant glimpses of that glorious place ; And, though I view as through a darkened glass, It animates my hope, and helps my soul To drink the spirit of that blest abode. I seem to hear its sacred melodies. And take a part in heaven's pure delight, Till, filled with rapture, I press on to reach That heavenly goal. I long to enter there And mingle with its blood-washed company, With them to see and praise our blessed Lord. There, when I gain that beatific sight. And am transformed before my Saviour's face, I shall drink in full draughts of endless bliss And shall for evermore be satisfied. — Editor. 'J r; 'i llM 22 THE TUANSFOUMING GAZE. THE TRANSFORMING GAZE. If Christ, as an object of faith, viewed throui^h the medium of His Gospel, exerts such a transform in jij iniiuence now, what will be the effect of clear, full, and open vision ? Let the beloved John reply : " We know that, when He shall appear, wo shall be like Him ; for we shall see Him as He is." The vision of Christ in His glory will transform us into His own image. When faith gives place to sight, the assimilat- ing influence will be more powerful. Dwelling in the presence of Christ, we must partake more of His nature. We know something of how the law of association operates here. The companionship of those whom we admire and love has a wonderful, transforming power upon us now ; and could we always live with some pre-eminent saint, who was a perfect model of all that was good, it would tend greatly to reproduce in us his graces and virtues. Good Mr. Simeon had Henry Martyn's picture hung over his fireplace. Looking at it, he would say : " There, see that blessed man ! What an expression of countenance ! No one looks at me as he does. He never takes his eyes off, and seems to say, * Be serious ! Be earnest ! Don't trifle ! ' " Then smiling at the picture, and gently bowing, he would add, " And I won't trifle." Perhaps some may think that was making too much of a good man's picture. But if the portrait of the ^J BEYOND. 23 holy and devoted Martyn could produce such an ctt'ect as that, what will be the result of dwelling constantly in the presence of our glorified Saviour ? What assimilating influence will that have ? In Him is all perfection, and that, too, in an infinite degree. Hero we have moral beauty and glory without a marring blemish or a dimming shade. The more closely we study the model the more we are enamored of its per- fection, and the more we shall feel its transforming power ; and the effect will be increased by the fact that the perfect One in whose presence we dwell, and on whose glory we gaze, is He whom, above all other beings in the universe, we adore and love. — Rev. G. a. Padk. P .1 < I \\, }\ r! t ■ BE YOND. Oh ! depths unknown, Oh ! wide unfathomed seas, That circle round His throne. Who dwellest high and lone. Where noise and tumult cease. In the eternal peace. Insatiate, unrepressed, Our longings still arise. Our weariness confessed, Far reaching after rest. Where the full ocean lies Beyond the veiling skies. I'/ 'iJ f ! 24 LIVING IN THE BEYOND. llow scant the store Of knowledge gathered here ; Small pcbble.s on the shore, The .«oul cries out ior more. Doth God bend down His ear, Our longing cry to hear ? Nearer to Thee, Great source of life and light, The child upon our knee, From pride and doubting frop, Than man, from boasted height Of intellectual might. — Emily J. liuGJiEE. i ii LI VING IN THE BE YOND. This is practical religion. The true Christian enjoys the blood-bought privilege of filling his soul with the hope of future felicity. To encourage us in the path of toil, or to strengthen us in the fiery furnace of affliction, God has opened to the eye of faith the golden streets of the Celestial City. Far from disturbing those relations that rightly belong to the present state of existence, these blessed glimpses serve to prepare us more fully for our life-work. Do not suppress these aspirations ; only let us see to it that they are supported by a living, intelligent faith. Rev. John Wesley, in his day, was confronted i^IVINQ IN THE UKYOND. 25 with that form of error which claimed a certain unselHshrK ss in Christ's service, disdaininj^ to accept a reli<(ion t nt has in it the sweetness of heavenly antici- pations. The consequences that follow such teachincj are always harmful. The Christian should even " look for a city " beyond the rann;e of mortal vision. Moses "had respect unto the recompense of the saved." David in his saintliest years lived much in the beyond ; millions since his day have delighted in his rich, heavenly melodies. His " city of the living God," was not only Jerusalem, not only the spiritual Church on earth ; it was the Eternal City as well. Around this his thoughts gathered, toward this his soul aspired — oftentimes in prophetic minstrelsy touched by the Spirit of God, and, therefore, in depth of meaning beyond his perfect comprehension. The world will never outjrrow the need of the heavenly vision. While yet in the thickest conflict of life, or " passing through the fires " of affliction, let us cast a frequent glance toward the beyond. It is God's will that we should sing in every condition : ' t .1 :• I: p! *'0 sweet and blessed countiy, The home of God's elect ; O sweet and blessed country, That eager hearts expect ! Jesus, in mercy bring us To that dear land of rest ; Who art, with God tlie Father, And Spirit, ever blest." — Christian Advocate. .i| 26 THE UNSEEN LAND. THE UNSEEN LAND. Beyond these chilling winds and gloomy skies, Seyond 'leatli's cloudy portal, There is a land where beauty never dies, And love becomes immortal. We may not know how sweet its balmy air. How bright and fair its flowers ; We may not hoar the songs which echo tliero, Throuixh those enchanted bowers. The city's shininj^j towers we may not see With our dim, earthly vision ; For death, the silent warder, keeps the key That opes these gates elysian. But sometimes, when adown the western sky. The fiery sunset lingers, Its golden gates swing inward noiselessly. Unlocked by unseen fingers ; And while they stand a moment half-ajar, Gleams from the inner glory Stream brightly through the azure vault afar, And half -reveal the story. 1^ «u A VIEW FROM PROMISE GROUND. 27 land unknown ! O land of love divine ! Father, all-wise, eternal, Guide, guide these wandering way-worn feet of mine Into those pastures vernal. — Nancy A. W. Piiiest. A VIEW FROM PROMISE GROUND. I LOVE to walk through promise ground. What glorious light ! The whole land glows With heavenly radiance. . . . I love to gaze afar, where stand The mountains, hiding e'en their heads In clouds of mystery ; for though My mortal vision cannot view Their summits, 'tis enough to see God's glory in the clouds, and to Adore the Infinite. And there Are nearer joys. Exultant now, I pluck and taste delicious fruits Of precious promise verified To me ; while, to my brow, there came Sweet-scented breezes from the bloom Of promise gardens that shall yet Be mine. My loving Guide now points Away, where in the distance far — A line of light unrivalled bounds My sight ; and, in soft cadence, says, W r! ,.2' Ik • I*' It; ii 1 28 FORETASTi; OF HEAVEN„ " Mid the perennial blooms of that Fair, blissful, boundless land shall be Thy home." Again I glance o'er all The landscape. There my every sense Is pleased ; I ask no higher bliss. Than, fixed upon this rocky cliff, To spend my days. — Guide to Holiness. FORETASTE OF HE A VEN. If we really live under the hope of future happiness, we shall taste it by way of anticipation and fore- thought; an image of it will meet our minds often, and stay there, as all pleasing expectations do. — Francis Atterbury. A TRUE saint every day takes a turn in heaven, his thoughts and desires are like cherubims flying up to paradise. — Thomas Watson. We want to lift the mind up, so that we may get a conception of the possibilities and character higher than w^e have found them in this world, and we are to get it by setting our aflections on things above. — H. W. Beeoher. ^ 1 THE GREAT HEREAFTER. 29 FORETASTE AND CONSUMMATION. If there be so much delight in believing, oh, how much more in beholding ? What is the wooing-day to the wedding-day ? What is the sealing of the convey- ance \>o the enjoyment of the inheritance ? or the fore- taste of glory to the fulness of glory? The good things of that life are so great, as not to be measured ; so many, as not to be enumerated ; ti,nd so precious, as not to be estimated. If the picture of holiness be so comely in its rough drafts, how lovely a piece will it be in all its perfections ? Every grace which is here seen in its minority, shall be seen there in it maturity. — Thomas Seeker. THE GREAT HEREAFTER. i < ''i [The following poem was always a favorite with Bishop D. W. Clark, and in his dying hours was repeated by him ; quickening his faith and inspiring his h-^; e of heaven.] 'Tis sweet to think, when struggling The goal of life to win, That just beyond the shores of time The better years begin. When through the nameless ages I cast my longing eyes. Before me, like a boundless sea, The Great Hereafter lies. i t HHIilta '^'.^"'r^ 30 THE GREAT HEREAFTER. Along its brimming bosom Perpetual summer smiles, And gathers like a golden robe Around the emerald isles. There, in the blue, long distance, By lulling breezes fanned, I seem to see the flowering groves Of the old Beulah land. And far beyond the islands. That gem the waves serene, The image of the cloudless shore Of holy heaven is seen. Unto the Great Hereafter— Aforetime dim and dark — I freely now and gladly give Of life the wand'ring bark. And in the far-off* haven, When shadowy seas are passed, By angel hands its quivering sails Shall all be furled at last. — Otway Curry, Esq. .-aTanrwa A GLANCE AT THE FUTirilE. 31 A GLANCE A T THE FUTURE. I FIND it exceedingly profitable to turn my mind and heart forward to the future, to the great future, which will soon be to us an everlasting 'present. If the past, and present, be so precious to us, the future must be more so. As much must it exceed them as does the end attained exceed the means used. If cur hearts glow with gratitude to God for what He has done for us already, what will it be when faith is lost in sight ? Those fadeless crowns which now seem so distant, and to which we look forward with much apprehension, lest Satan should, after all, wrest them from us, will then be fitted to our brows. We shall then embrace that Saviour in whom we have believed, and in him find full and perfect rest. O the future ! The blood-bought inheritance of the saints ! How should its hopes and prospects stimulate our hearts, filling them with love and gratitude and holy desire. My poor weak heart needs to feed daily upon this heavenly manna. Often I send it journeying heaven- ward; faith leads the way, up through the golden portals, across the heavenly plain, down beside the river of the water of life, and underneath the tree of life — where I am wont to gather strength for the cares and duties of the day. The rapturous songs of praise which in that blest clime fill every heart and ennloy every harp and tongue, leave upon my soul such an fl .> .'I ^fi:^ « :l -^^ 32 LOOKING OVER JORDAN. impress of praise and thanksgiving^ that no earthly influence can erase. —P. P. Daley. LOOKING OVER JORDAN. As the pastor passed the door of one of his humble church-members in his daily walks, it was not unusual for him to receive some cheering word. She lived near to her Saviour, and she was always alive to spiritual things. One day as her pastor was passing she hastened to raise the window, and to his inquiry, " How are you to-day, auntie ? " she replied, " Oh, look- ing over Jordan." By faith she could explore the sweet fields beyond. She had foretastes of the precious fruits. She drank of the pure river of the water of life. And such is the privilege of all the children of God, but one of which, alas ! too few avail themselves. To most the heavenly Canaan is a dim and shadowy land, far away. And so, great is their loss. It might be their blessed experience, as it was of this poor woman, " rich in faith," that "The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets, Before we reach the heavenly fields, Or walk the golden streets." GLIMPSES OF HEAVEN. 33 GLIMPSES OF HE A VEN Sometimes when the days are dreary, And the heart's aweary, A strain of music sweet Seems to float us to heaven afar, Where the angels that us greet The dear longed-for loved ones are. Sometimes when the days are dreary, And the heart's aweary, The distant church-bells pealing Call our spirits from earth away, Till at the feet of Jesus kneelinoj We find the rest for which we pray. Sometimes when the days are dreary. And the heart's aweary, Thoughts of a smile, a clasp of the hand, Help us the stony path along, To that far-off happy land, Where we'll find eternal soncr. My heart's aweary, The days are dreary ; God grant the day'll soon come When life's battle o'er for me, Forgiven, God, for Thy dear Son, And I at rest shall be. — Chicaco Intbe-Ocean. .» ]\ f., 34 TITE VEIL OF THE UNSEEN, THE VEIL OF THE UNSEEN. This world T deem Imfc a beautiful dream Of shadows that are not what they seem ; Where visions rise, givinj^ dim surmise Of that which shall meet our waking eyes. Arm of the Lord ! Creating Word ! Whose glory the silent skies record, Where stands Thy name in scrolls of flame, 'Neath the firmament's high-shadowing frame. I gaze overhead, where Thy hand hath spread For the waters of heaven their crystal bed ; And stored the dew in its deeps ot* blue. Which the fires of the sun come tempered through. Soft they shine through that pure shrine, As beneath the veil of Thy flesh divine Shines forth the liijfht that were else too brisfht n For the feebleness of a sinner's sight. I gaze aloof on the tissued roof, Where time and space are the warp and woof, Which the Kinoj of kinoes as a curtain flintjs O'er the dreadfulness of eternal things. A tapestried tent, to shade us meant From the bare, everlasting firmament ; Where the glow of the skies comes soft to our eyes, 'Neath a veil of mystical imageries. —Rev. Thos. Whitehead. THE FUTURE STATE. IJ5 THE FUTURE STATE. It is a graphic description of man's present state, that " he never is, but always to he bhisscd ; he is made for the future, he lives in the future, he " is saved by hope." He who can look on the future with hope has already tinged his night of sorrow with a ray of the morning, and expects soon to emerge into the light of day. Under the influence of Christianity hope puoses beyond the limits of time, and expatiates on the future of eternity. There it finds its legitimate range, moves amidst elements of purity, blessedness, and glory ; it rises above the disappointments of time and rests on the certitudes of immortality. Life, as well as immortality, is brought to light by the Gospel, and there good hope through grace is entertained. The certainty of the future is something, and makes the nature of that future become matter of earnest inquiry and of greater importance than the future simply considered ; that I am to be, when I have left this world, is one thing, but what I am to be is another. Now, though the future, even of the Christian, is veiled to some extent, perhaps as Tr.uch from his own incapacity as any stint of revelation on the subject, yet enough is made known to awaken inquiry, inspire hope, and greatly modify conduct ; for though it doth not yet appear what he shall be, when Christ shall appear he shall be like Him ; and he who hath this hope, purifieth himself even as He is pure. . . . The Spirituality, Responsibility and Immortality of r! * I. If r, ^C / 36 THE FUTURE STATE. I! ' ■1 '■ LIL I i' 1 man are ultimate facts of his nature — moral impressions into wliich he does not so much reason liimself as believe that they are so. On these moral instincts of our nature revelation has thrown a flood of light, and made them shine in noontide ray. The hope of the future, of which the Scriptures speak, seldom touches the present period of our existence ; it dwells amid the visions of immortality, it means more than is often thought; " Hope that is seen is not hope, for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope fQr ; " but it expatiates over that future which commences at death, and extends, at least, to the redemption of the body, and then careers over that (jndless life which ensues. . . . A blink of the sun in a cloudy day has its own value, besides what it promises. Those vapors which now shroud his beams, and hide his face, will soon dissipate. Creation must not parade her analogies before us in vain. We are now performing the first stage of our spiritual history, amidst clouds of ignorance, sin, and grief; yet relieved by many a blink from the Sun of Righteousness ; but instead of being too much pleased with such occasional gleams, we hail their prophetic character, and hasten to behold the King in His glory in the land which is now afar off. The inhabitants of heaven are greatly in advance of us in clearness, of the religious dispensation at any time existing upon earth. They knew before they left this earthly scene, that the spirit of a just man was made perfect; yet how dim that knowledge compared with that which they now enjoy in the paradise of light — here they mused on THE FUTUUE STATE. a? Kiidi Hul'jcct.s to wearlsonieness, and after all, saw them only in dim outline ; there, study does not weary, reason does not err, affections do not p>dl ; " In God's ]i»rht they see li^jht." They comprehend with all saints, gain the mastery of essential truth, know the love of Christ, which passeth knowled(i;e. The will does not there traverse a narrow round, it pursues its course among unmixed good, and inclines towards the intinite glory. The moment of introduction into the inheritance of the saints in light will be an incon- ceivable advance in our eternal history; yet it is only like a spring that clears every impediment — every influence that can lead astray — an entrance on our history of celestial development, as one has said, with great power and beauty : " How heaven has grown and shall grow, heaven out of heaven, it never appear- ing what shall be, yet taking a permanent form at last, and all its blessedness proceed in an infinite series. What has been, and what is, in comparison with what shall he, is only as the first bar of light in the Orient, though the harbinger of day — the most partial unhood- ing of the bud, though a yielding to the out-pressing flower — the infant lisp, ere it strengthens into manly speech — the baby curiosity, ere it settles into scientific reason, anticipating, nevertheless, its proper elements." — Rev. John Gilmour. It : ^ M lit j 86 JOV AND GLADNESS. FAITH CHANGED TO SIGHT. The principal notion which the Scripture f^ivcs of tho state of heavenly blessedness, and which the meanest believers are capable of improving in daily practice, is, that faith shall be turned into sight, and grace into glory. We walk by faith and not by sight, saith tho apostle. Wherefore, this is the difl'erence between our present and future state, that sight hereafter shall supply the room of faith; and if sight come into the place of faith, then the object of that sight must bo ihe same with the present object of our faith. So the the apostle informs us : " We know in part, and wo prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. . . . For now we see through a glass, darkly ; but then face to face." Those things which we now see darkly, as in a glass, we shall then have an imme- diate sight and full comprehension of ; for that which is perfect must come, and do away that which is in part. — J. Owen. JOY AND GLADNESS. Malignity and the gall of bitterness have no place in that kingdom, for there is no wicked one, nor is wickedness found therein. There is no adversary nor any deceitfulness of sin. There is no want, no disgrace, M» THE SOULS SOLILOQUY. 39 no wranf^ling, no turmoil, no quarrelling^, no fear, no disquietude, no punishment, no doubtinpr, no violence, no discord ; but, oh, what sonj^s of praise ! What sounds of harmonious instruments ! What music rises there without end ! There sounds continually the voice of hymns and pleasant chants, which are sung to God's glory by the heavenly inhabitaiits. There is the excellency of peace, the fulness of love, praise eternal and glory to God, peaceful rest without end, and ever- lasting joy in the Holy Spirit. — St. Augustine. THE SOULS SOLILOQUY. YoNDKii is thy Father's glory; yonder, O my soul, n