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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1836. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... But the principal attractions I have not yet mentioned. There is our Father--our heavenly Father, whom we have so often addressed as such in prayer. He that nourished and brought us up, and has borne us on---he that has watched over us with an eye that never sleeps, and provided for us with a hand that never tires; and who can pity too. We have never seen our heavenly Father. But there he reveals himself. There he smiles; and the nations of the saved walk in the light of his countenance. And there is he, to depart and be with whom Paul desired, as being " far better" than to live. There is his glorified humanity. If not having seen, we love him; and in him, though now we see him not, yet believing, we rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory, what will be the love and the joy when "we shall see him as he is?" There is he. Heaven has attractions--many, and strong--and yet who would think it 1 How few feel and obey the heavenly attraction ! How much more powerfully earth acts upon us! How unwilling we are to leave it even for heaven ! 46. The Heavenly Recognition. The question is often asked, " Do you think we shall know each other in heaven V Some are very curious to be informed on this subject . It is a point they seem more anxious to know than some other more important points. I am afraid we shall not all know each other in heaven. I am afraid we shall not all be there to know and be known. Let us first try to get to heaven. It is more important that we should be there, than that we should know what other persons are there. Let us repent with a broken heart; and believe in Christ for a title to heaven; and " let us follow holiness " that we may be furnished with a fitness for heaven; and being ourselves "accepted in the Beloved," and sanctified through th...
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