362 AROUND AN OLD HOMESTEAD. 



and the other from the concluding vision of the Reve- 

 lation. Says the Apostle (Romans viii, 18-23) : 



"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are 

 not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be re- 

 vealed to us-ward. . . . For we know that the whole creation 

 groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not 

 only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the 

 Spirit^ even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for 

 the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body." 



Says John, in his rhapsody, of the City of God (Reve- 

 lation xxi, 3, 4) : 



"Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He shall 

 dwell with them, and they shall be His peoples, and God Him- 

 self shall be with them, and be their God : and He shall wipe 

 away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; 

 neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any 

 more: the first things are passed away." 



And we may believe that the beasts of the field, and 

 the fowls of the air, and all the rest of the loved life 

 of Earth, will not be forgotten in the realization of 

 such a Consummation. 



