September 20

The Light of Eternity

“The things that are seen (are) for a time, but those that are not seen eternal.”
— 2 Cor. 4:18 (New Translation).

“Do not faint … for if we really labour we must be more or less in conflict, trial and sorrow; for it is a work of faith, if a labour of love and of patience of hope; because though blessed fruits be by the way, and we may see them ripening, it is the great ingathering is the time of joy. And it is a distinct view and reference to that which gives our work a real, deep, holy character, such as His was, and will prove real in that day. You must labour in sorrow, for it is in the midst of evil, if you would reap in joy; and if we get our corn up into shocks, still it is unprotected out in the field, and we have the watchful care and anxiety till it is housed.”

“The new creation's stainless joy Gleams through the present gloom; That world of bliss without alloy — The saint's eternal home.”