series, I have laboured to set forth that nearing blessedness, that bridal of heaven and earth, the consummation of a long betrothal that sunshine which once bathed all Eden-and interrupted, clouded, and refracted for six thousand years, will break--the sooner the better—on our earth, and perfect a world that will never fade, and cover it with a glory that will never die. That they who scoff may be brought to a better mind, and they that joyfully hold fast the blessed hope may both meet with me in that "world as it will be," is my earnest and sincere prayer. March, 1862. |