This question settled, we call attention to another which so far as practical value is concerned overshadows all others as to how it will be in heaven: "Where will you spend -eternity?" Am I prepared? Am I ready now? If we will let God cleanse our cups now we know that He will make them full in eternity. If we neglect salvation now, will there be another chance after death? Hear-not what some false prophet may have to say, but what He who has all power in heaven and on earth has to say: "If the tree falleth toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be" (Eccl. 11:3). "Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye can not come .... for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins" (Jno. 8:21-24). "It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment." "Behold, NOW is the accepted time."

Lean on the Word. In all your meditations upon what the future has in store for man, and what it takes to be in readiness for the companionship with God and saints and angels in eternity, fear not and fail not to lean upon the Word. Men may be honest and yet mistaken; but the Word of the Lord is unerring and everlasting. "The word of our God endureth forever." It is the lamp unto our feet, a light to our pathway, our Judge in the end. It is God's message to man, full of unerring wisdom, rich instructions, glorious promises, telling us how to escape the snares and the defilement of sin, and of the way from earth to glory.

"How precious is the book divine,

By inspiration given,

Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine,
To guide our souls to heaven.

"This lamp through all the tedious night

Of life shall guide our way,

Till we behold the clearer light

Of an eternal day."

Eternity! Who can fathom the word? Endless in

duration and in possibilities, it has been a fruitful theme for many golden meditations. But the practical question connected with it is, Where will you spend it? For the child of God the thought of eternity is especially precious. Heaven of itself, free from all that defiles and saddens, rich in all that ennobles and beautifies and gladdens, is a theme that calls forth our profoundest admiration and reverence. And then to think that these conditions will continue forever and that God's love and goodness are so great that provisions were made whereby unworthy creatures like ourselves are to be admitted into its glorious realms and with glorified bodies live and reign forever overwhelms our souls with feelings of deepest gratitude and calls from us the notes of fervent praise. It often lifts our drooping heads, cheers our despondent hearts, thrills our enraptured souls, and prompts us to sing

"Often weary and worn on the pathway below,
When the burden is heavy, my heart throbs with woe,
Oh there comes a sweet whisper, to quell every sigh,
Do not faint 'neath the load, there is rest by and by.

"You will not labor long for the Master below,
Soon His call you will hear, your free spirit shall go
To the light of His presence in mansions on high,
Where the faithful repose, there is rest by and by.

"Then, dear Savior, I would not in sadness repine,
Nor would here on a bed of sweet roses recline;
For a country I seek where they never more die,
And in Zion my home, there is rest by and by."

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"Though worn with battle-wounds and scars,
Yet true to Christ in love,

We'll dwell with God beyond the stars
At home, in heaven above."

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