Thursday, July 14, 2011

Oh, to look at His face forever!

Anne Dutton wrote:  

Dear Sister in our Precious Jesus,
 
We have had many sweet feasts with our Beloved in the 'wilderness'; but the richest provisions and the best wine are reserved until the last, and the Marriage Supper hastens. 

Oh, how little have we seen of His transcendent beauty! We have beheld so much of His glory as to make Him the chief of ten thousand in our esteem. But there is enough in Him to fill men and angels with new wonder to all eternity! 

Christ's riches are absolutely unsearchable; a mine that we can never bottom to eternity! We shall see more and more of His glory as we pass on towards perfection. And oh, the wonderful grace that is to be brought unto us at our Lord's next appearing, which will be the Revelation of Jesus Christ.

The views of His glory, which we have had here, though true and real, yet are so small that if compared with what we shall have then, it will be as if we had never seen Him, and as if He was but then revealed to us.

We shall be so ravished with the views of His glory that we shall never be able to look off His bright face forever!

2 comments:

  1. Katie,
    Who introduced you to Anne Dutton? I've never heard of her. Seems like the female version of Samuel Rutherford :)
    Joseph

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  2. Hey Joseph! I stumbled across some of her stuff online when I was trying to find a puritan sermon. It has been a huge blessing to me!! Until then I'd never heard of her either. Hope you are well!
    Psalm 147:11 :)
    Katie

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