YET A LITTLE WHILE AND JESUS SHALL APPEAR
" We know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is." — I John 3:2 [KJV] Why should the Lord, Who giveth us all things richly to enjoy, lay an embargo on our fully gratifying ourselves in the use of them? Why are we called to daily mortification and self-denial, as to sensual objects? Verily, it is all in love to our souls, that Jesus and spiritual objects might be more enjoyed; for experience proves the life of sense to be opposite to the life of faith. The more pleasure, comfort, and happiness we enjoy in the things of this life, this tends to make us love the world, and loath to leave it; and so our affections to Jesus cool, our desires after His appearing abate in their fervor, and we lose our longings after the unclouded sight of Him in glory. So St. Paul reproves Christians of old: "Are ye not carnal, and walk as men?" — I Corinthians 3:3 . How justly applicable is this interrogation to us also! Reflect on this soul-revi...