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eye,

shall

be

re- united,

to

make complete and glorious

persons

;

then

shalt

all his

saints

at

once

appear,

and

give

honour

and everlasting thanks

to

their

faithful and

almighty

Guardian.

"

Behold

he comes with

clouds,

and

every

eye

shall

see

him

!

He

comes

in his own glory,

in the glory

of

his

Father,

and

with all his holy angels! Behold, he conies.

exalted upon a

throne-

of

judgment

where

the

Father

bath

placed

him to finish

his

'great

commission, and

tar

pass

a

decisive

sentence upon all mankind.

My'.

faith

descries

him

afar

off;

I

see his day,

and I rejoice

to see

it.

He

shall summon all the

nations

before him

;

and

I

shall

appear

there,

I trust,

at

his

right-hand, among

the

blessed.

Then

shall he

remember, and

fulfil all

the kind

words

that

he

hath spoken

me on

earth,

by his

holy

writings

:

For

in

the days

of

my

infirmity

and warfare

on

earth,

I

have

not

been ashamed

of

hini before men,"

nor

will

he

be

"

ashamed

of

me

before

his

Father,

and

his

holy

angels

;"

Mat.

x.

32.

"

See,

O

Father,

will

the

Lord Jesus

say,

see,

here

am

,,

and

the children

that

thou

hast

given

nze;

Heb.

ii. 13.

While

they were in the

world

I

kept

them,

through

thy

name

:

Behold,

there

is

not

one

of

them

lost; Jahn

xvii.

12.

"

Come,"

will

the

Lord

say

to every

humble believer,

"

come

to

my

right-hand, and stand there among

the

saints

Behold, all

is

safe,

that

thou didst once

intrust

to

my

keeping

:

I

know thy

faith,

I

acknowledge

thy love

;

J

will

now

reward

all

thy humble

obedience

with ever--

lasting

honours;

and thou shalt

confess

I

have

been a

kind and

a

faithful friend."

God

the

Father

shall

say to

our

Lord Jesus,

"

`Fell.

done,

my

best

of

servants,

my Son, my

first

beloved;

thou

hast kept

all

those whom

I.gave

thee to

keep, and

brought

them

safe

into

my

presence

:

they shall

be thy

glory

and thy eternal

crown." And every

saint

shall

as

it

were, echo

to the voice

of

the Father; and

say,

"

my

first

-

beloved,

my

Lord,

and

my

best of

friends, thou hast

kept

me

through

all

the

days

of

my

infirmity

and

flesh,

over since

I

gave myself

up to

thy

keeping;

and thou

hast brought

me safe to

thy

Father's

house;

the glory

and the

crown

be

thine

for ever

!,