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<p>("http://www.gracegems.org/21/Charles_Spurgeon_sermons.htm" Charles Spurgeon)<br>
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 "<em>We fix our eyes not on what is seen — but on what is unseen. </em>For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal!" 2 Corinthians 4:18<br>
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  In our <em>Christian pilgrimage</em> it is well, for the most part — to be <em>looking forward</em>. Forward lies the crown — and onward is the goal. Whether it is for hope, for joy, for consolation, or for the inspiring of our love — the <em>future </em>must, after all, be <strong>the grand object of the eye of faith!</strong><br>
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  Looking into the future — the Christian sees <em>sin </em>cast out, the <em>body </em>of sin and death destroyed, the <em>soul </em>made perfect, and fit to be a partaker of eternal glory. Looking further yet,<em>the believer's enlightened eye</em> can see d<em>eath's river</em> passed. He sees himself . . .<br>
  enter within the pearly gates,<br>
  hailed as more than conqueror,<br>
  crowned by the hand of Christ,<br>
  embraced in the arms of Jesus,<br>
  glorified with Him, and<br>
  made to sit together with Him on His throne!<br>
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  Contemplation of my glorious <em>future </em>may well relieve,<br>
  the <em>darkness of the past, </em>and<br>
  <em>the gloom of the present! <br>
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  </em>The <em>joys of heaven </em>will surely compensate for the <em>sorrows of earth!</em> <br>
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  Hush, hush, my fears! <em><br>
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    Death </em>is but a narrow stream — and you shall soon have forded it!<br>
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  Death — how brief! Immortality — how endless! <br>
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  Time — how short! Eternity — how long! <br>
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  The <em>road </em>is so, so short! I shall soon be there!<br>
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  "In the <strong>future</strong>, there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day; and not only to me — but to all those who have loved His appearing!" 2 Timothy 4:8
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