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(J. A. James, "http://www.gracegems.org/22/practical_believer10.htm" Faith and the Blessings of This Life")

Earth is to its inhabitants, neither a paradise nor 
a desert. If it has not all the beautiful scenes and 
productions of a paradise — so neither has it all the 
dreariness and desolation of a desert. This world is 
called "a valley of tears," but it is not less true that 
it is sometimes a valley without the tears. It often
wears a smiling aspect, and reflects the light of 
God's graciousness and bounty.

We know very well that man's chief portion lies in 
the blessings of salvation, and the hope of eternal 
glory. These are so vast as almost to reduce all else 
to nothing. Full pardon of sin, and the hope of an 
eternity of pure and perfect felicity, are such 
amazing expectations, as might seem to render 
us absolutely indifferent alike to . . .
poverty and riches; 
pain and ease; 
obscurity and renown.

How little would it signify to him who was going to take 
possession of a kingdom and a throne, whether he traveled 
through a desert or a garden; or whether he dined meagerly 
or sumptuously; or whether he had all best accommodations 
and conveniences along the way. His thoughts would be so 
engrossed with the permanent scenes of greatness, grandeur, 
power, and wealth before him — as to be almost insensible to 
the privations or comforts along the way. So it is, with a 
Christian traveling to glory, honor, immortality and 
eternal life!

It is incumbent upon Christians to let their spirit and 
conduct be consistent with the hope of eternal glory, 
in that eminent spirituality and heavenliness of mind, 
which are manifested in a supreme, constant, and 
practical regard to divine and eternal things.

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