Everlasting

All the ineffable delight, all the high prerogatives "of the saints in light," are stamped with the seal of eternity. How do we read, again and again, of "everlasting life," "eternal glory," "the everlasting kingdom," "going no more out for ever," "an enduring substance," "pleasures for evermore," "an incorruptible crown," "a kingdom which cannot be moved," "afar more exceeding and eternal weight of glory"! And why is this placed before us iu so rich a variety of forms, but that we may trust the record even when we cannot trace the hand, and cherish the persuasion that when our heavenly Father removes from us our dearest delights, he takes what is his more than ours, and transplants them to a brighter region, his providence concurring with his grace in saying, "Come up hither"?