death are united, nevermore to
part, and with songs of gladness ascend together to the city of God.

On each side of the cloudy chariot are wings, and beneath it are living
wheels; and as the chariot rolls upward, the wheels cry, "Holy," and the
wings, as they move, cry, "Holy," and the retinue of angels cry, "Holy,
holy, holy, Lord God Almighty." And the redeemed shout "Alleluia!" as the
chariot moves onward toward the New Jerusalem.

Before entering the city of God, the Saviour bestows upon His followers
the emblems of victory, and invests them with the insignia of their royal
state. The glittering ranks are drawn up, in the form of a hollow square,
about their King, whose form rises in majesty high above saint and angel,
whose countenance beams upon them full of benignant love. Throughout the
unnumbered host of the redeemed, every glance is fixed upon Him, every eye
beholds His glory whose "visage was so marred more than any man, and His
form more than the sons of men." Upon the heads of the overcomers, Jesus
with His own right hand places the crown of glory. For each there is a
crown, bearing his own "new name,"(1118) and the inscription, "Holiness to
the Lord." In every hand are placed the victor's palm and the shining
harp. Then, as the commanding angels strike the note, every hand sweeps
the harp strings with skilful touch, awaking sweet music in rich,
melodious strains. Rapture unutterable thrills every heart, and each voice
is raised in grateful praise: "Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from
our sins in His own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and
His Father; to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever."(1119)

Before the ransomed throng is the holy city. Jesus opens wide the pearly
gates, and the nations that have kept the truth enter in. There they
behold the Paradise of God, the home of Adam in his innocency. Then that
voice, richer than any music that ever fell on mortal ear, is heard,
saying, "Your conflict is ended." "Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit
the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world."

Now is fulfilled the Saviour's prayer for His disciples, "I will that they
also whom Thou hast given Me be with Me where I am." "Faultless before the
presence of His glory with exceeding joy,"(1120) Christ presents to the
Father the purchase of His blood, declaring, "Here am I, and the children
whom Thou hast given Me." "Those that Thou gavest Me I have kept." Oh