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SEÇT.
III.)
THE HAPPINESS
OP
SEPARATE SPIRITS.
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and
there
may
be
some
inimitable and
transporting
mo-
dulations
of
divine praise,
without the material
instru-
ments
of
string or
wind.
The
soul
itself
by some
philo-
sophers
is
said to
be
mere
harmony; and
surely
then
it
will
not
wait for
it
till the body
be
raised
fren
the dust,
nor
live
so
long
destitute
of
all
melodious joys,
or
of
that
spiritual pleasure
which shall supply the
place
of
melody,
till
our organs
of
sense shall be
restored
to us
again.
But
is
all
heaven
made up
of
praises
?
Is there
no
prayer
there
?
Let
us
consider
a
little
:
What
is
prayer,
but
the desire
of a
created spirit
in an
humble
manner
made
known to its
Creator?
Does not every saint above
desire
to knew God,.
to love
and
serve
him,
to be
em-
ployed for
his
honour,
and to
enjoy
the
eternal continu-
ance
of
his
love and its
own
felicity
?
May not each
happy spirit
in
heaven
exert
these desires
in
a
way
of
solemn
address to the divine Majesty? May
not the
happy
soul acknowledge
its dependance
in this
manner
,upon its
Father
and
its
God
?
Is there
no place
in
the
heart of
a
glorified
saint
for
such
humble addresses
as
these?
Does
not
every
separate
spirit there
look
and
long for
the
resurrection,
when
it
is
certain
that
embodied
spirits
on
earth
who
have
"
received the first
fruits
of
grace and glory groan within
themselves,
waiting
for the
redemption
of
the
body,
?"
Rom.
viii.
23. And may
we
not
suppose each
holy soul sending
a
sacred and
fervent
wish
after
this
glorious
day,
and lifting
up
a desire
to
its
God about
it,
though without the uneasiness
of
a
sigh
or
a
groan
?
May it
not under
the influence
of
divine love
breathe out
the requests
of
its
heart, and the expressions
of
its
zeal
for
the
glory
and
kingdom
of Christ
?
May
not
the church above
join
with
the churches
below in
this
language, Father,
"thy
kingdom come, thy
will be
done
on
earth
as
it
is
in
heaven
?"
Are
not the
souls of
the
martyrs
that
were slain,
represented
to
us
under
the
altar,
crying with a loud
voice,
"
how long,
O Lord,
holy
and
true
?"
Rev.
vi.
9, 10.
This
loóks like
the
voice
of
prayer
in
heaven.
Perhaps
you
will
suppose
there
is
no such service
as
hearing
sermons,
that
there
is
no
attendance
upon
the
word
of God
there.
But are
we
sure
there are
no
such
,entertainments
?
Are
there
no
lectures of divine
wisdom
änd grace
given
to
the younger spirits
there,
by
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