The Happiness of the Blessed considered as to the Particulars of their State their Recognition of Each Other in that State; and its Difference of Degrees. To which are added, Musings on the Church and her Services. By Richard Mant. Fourth Edition, with Additions |
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REST IN CHRIST. |
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REST IN CHRIST.
Hail, heavenly voice, once heard in Patmos! “Write,Henceforth the dead who die in Christ are blest:
Yea, saith the Spirit, for they now shall rest
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That rest o'ershadows: 'tis the day-spring bright
Of bliss; the foretaste of a richer feast;
A sleep, if sleep it be, of lively zest,
Peopled with visions of intense delight.
And though the secrets of that resting-place
The soul imbodied knows not; yet she knows,
No sin is there God's likeness to deface,
To stint his love no purgatorial woes;
Her dross is left behind, nor mixture base
Mars the pure stream of her serene repose.
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