November 18

The Courts Above

“With Christ; which is far better.”
— Phil. 1:23

When to Canaan's long-loved dwelling
Love divine thy foot shall bring,
There, with shouts of triumph swelling,
Zion's songs, in rest, to sing.
There no stranger God shall meet thee!
Stranger thou in courts above;
He who to His rest shall greet thee,
Greets thee with a well known love.

“I have been very low — so low that I did not know whether I should get up again. I had no sense of death, for God … is specially engaged at such a moment. … I found myself within sight of my end, and I was surprised at the little difference which it made to me: Christ, the precious Saviour, with me for the journey; then, I through grace, with Him for ever — there was no change as to this … Christ is all … everything else will pass out of sight: but He, blessed be His name, never.”