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O be with Christ! to see the Lord! to diminish the sad distance which now seems to intervene between Him and our souls, is the highest, deepest, sweetest hope of the Christian heart.

Behold how this sacred hope is created and nourished by the melodious utterances of the Holy Word.

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."

"In thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore."

"Behold! the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people; and God Himself shall be with them and be their God."

"Whom have I in heaven but Thee?"

"My Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him."