Futurity / Published in aid of the funds of the Royal Berkshire Hospital.

  • Merry, William.
Date:
1848
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Futurity / Published in aid of the funds of the Royal Berkshire Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ Blessed are the poor in spirit, for their s is the kingdom of heaven.” “ Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”* “Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake : for their s is the kingdom of Heaven.” “Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall * Difficult indeed is it for finite minds to comprehend, even remotely, the happiness involved in this promise, for “ no man hath seen God at any time.” We can but approach its conception through the imperfect medium of earthly feelings, but these may teach us some- thing. The holy psalmist has written, “ My soul thirsteth for God, the living God.” “ Like as the hart desireth the water brooks, so longeth my soul after thee, O God! “ My soul is athir3t for God, yea even for the living God ; when shall I come to appear before the presence of God.” (Ps. xlii.) And even among the less gifted of mankind, what heart is a stranger to some paramount affection, some earnest and longing desire to see, and intense happiness in seeing one fellow being at least, in the sphere of our social relations? And may we not reason thus, that by as much as the boundless love and perfection of our Heavenly Father and Creator are necessarily and immeasurably above those of the best among His creatures, by so much must the happiness conveyed in the expression of seeing God, be transcendantly beyond anything within the range of human ex- perience, and therefore, also, by so much the more to be desired, and looked forward to.