"O Lord and Saviour, we recline on that eternal love of Thine,
Thou art our rest, and Thou alone
Remainest when all else is gone.
We look out upon a world that is perishing, where all things are waxing old. Over all we see the dark shadow of death, and that sooner or later death breaks up the happiest home on earth. We see how true it is that "the world passes away." Then with tear-dimmed eyes we turn our gaze from this passing world, we look up through the opened heavens, and, at once we see "the glory of God, and JESUS," and faith delights to say to the Lord,
"THOU REMAINEST."
Our loved ones pass out of our sight, but He remains. Blessed indeed for all saints at all times to realize that He remains, but never more precious than when in the deep sorrow of bereavement — amid the break-up of earthly homes, and the wreck of earthly hopes — we can look up into His face and say, "Thou remainest." And as He looks down into our stricken hearts, with infinite compassion, He answers back,
"I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."
. . .
"Be not afraid, only believe."
Hamilton Smith, excerpt from "Thou Remainest"
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