a glorious banquet in heaven. “A little while, and you shall see Me,”[1] and see Me in everlasting joys! Oh, truly a most desirable change!
Conclusion and resignation to the will of God. Yes, my God, I will be satisfied with Thee now, no matter what Thou dost with me here on earth. “Better is one day in Thy courts above thousands,” and therefore with my whole heart I say with Thy servant David, “I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.”[2] Better to be the poorest and most abject amongst Thy suffering and weeping children than to dwell in the most magnificent palace amongst all the pleasures and enjoyments of the wicked! Thee will I serve and serve faithfully and zealously, and this shall be my only care, this the only thing for which I shall implore Thy grace. Then may the world go with me well or ill as it pleases! As long as I am Thy friend it matters not; I am rich enough, and have joys and everything else in abundance. My riches, repose, and joys I reserve for the next life, where, as Thou sayest to me in to-day’s Gospel, my heart shall rejoice, and no man shall take my joy from me, and my happiness shall never end. Amen.
For other motives to bear trials with patience, and to be resigned to the will of God, see several sermons in the first, third, and fourth parts.
