The Grapes of Eshcol
The Grapes of Eshcol
Gleanings from the Land of Promise
Meditations on the Glories of Heaven
by John MacDuff (1818-1895)
The following are a few such distant rays from "the Excellent Glory;" a few GRAPES gathered by Faith and Hope — the two spies from the true Canaan; a few Pisgah-glimpses of its Vineyards and Olive-yards. Glimpses, indeed, they only are — at best partial and transient; for even the mount of faith is oftentimes wreathed with clouds and vapors, dimming to the brightest vision, its views of the future. But as shadowy and indistinct as at best they must be — they may yet help us the better to descend the Valley of Death, complete our warfare, and, finally, with our pilgrim-staff, "to pass over this Jordan." By revealing a distant view of our eternal and glorious crown — we may be enabled the more cheerfully to bear our transient earthly cross.
Gleanings from the Land of Promise
Meditations on the Glories of Heaven
by John MacDuff (1818-1895)
The following are a few such distant rays from "the Excellent Glory;" a few GRAPES gathered by Faith and Hope — the two spies from the true Canaan; a few Pisgah-glimpses of its Vineyards and Olive-yards. Glimpses, indeed, they only are — at best partial and transient; for even the mount of faith is oftentimes wreathed with clouds and vapors, dimming to the brightest vision, its views of the future. But as shadowy and indistinct as at best they must be — they may yet help us the better to descend the Valley of Death, complete our warfare, and, finally, with our pilgrim-staff, "to pass over this Jordan." By revealing a distant view of our eternal and glorious crown — we may be enabled the more cheerfully to bear our transient earthly cross.
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