A sound belief in things unseen will cause practical estimation of them, and that above all earthly things. A glimpse of the heavenly glory as in a glass will cause the soul deliberately to say, “This is the chief desirable felicity; this is the crown, the […]
There is yet a redemption to come, which is called the redemption of our body (Rom 8:23). Of this redemption we have both the deposit and the seal, to wit, the Spirit of God (Eph 1:14, 4:30). And because the time to it is long, therefore […]
A contented Christian carries heaven about him For, what is heaven, but that sweet repose and full contentment that the soul shall have in God? In contentment there are the first fruits of heaven. There are two things in a contented spirit, which make it like […]
God, says Bernard, has not cast us out of paradise to seek another paradise in this world. No, we are born to labor. Why do you seek the living among the dead? Why do you seek for living comforts, when you must expect to die daily? […]
All things are so wisely ordered, that God shall be glorified in them. It is the noblest disposition of a Christian to prefer the advancement of God’s glory before all the comforts of this life, and life itself. Our blessed Savior in the forethoughts of His […]