life. We have a thirst here which is not fully quenched till in heaven we
drink of the waters of the river of life which flows fast by the throne of
God. In our tent-home here, we eat and drink, but hunger and thirst again;
we are healed, but we sicken again; we live in the light of truth, but
darkness and clouds intervene; we are comforted by the spirit and by
friends; but we sorrow and weep again.

But in heaven "sighing grief shall weep no more;" and we "shall hunger no
more, neither shall we thirst any more; and we shall not say I am sick;
and there shall be no night, nor sorrow, nor tears, nor sighing, nor death;
for the former things are passed away." Love will then be perfect; there
will be no heart-burnings and disappointments there. There you shall enjoy
the honey without the sting, and the rose without the thorn. "Earth hath no
sorrows that heaven cannot heal." All care and toil, and tears, and
orphanage, and widowhood, shall drop and disappear at the threshold of
heaven. If our tent-home stirs up within us imperishable joys, by the power
of anticipation and foretaste, what joy will not that better land afford?
If the promise is so cheering, what must the fulfillment be! If the pursuit
is so inspiring, what must the possession be! If our home on Tabor, where
we have but a distant view of home-life, affords us so much happiness, what
must our home on the eternal throne of God be? There your intercourse with
the loved ones of earth will not be clogged by pain and infirmities. Your
society there will be the most endearing, and with "a great multitude which
no man could number, of all nations, and kindred, and people, and tongues,
standing before the throne, clothed with white robes, and palms in their
hands." You shall there hold fellowship with the fathers of a thousand
generations, with the patriarchs, and prophets, and apostles, and martyrs,
and reformers, and the "innumerable company of angels." With these you
shall engage in the most delightful avocation. There will be no indolence
there, as we often find in earthly homes; but all will be continually