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Octavius Winslow, 1856 (edited for
today's reader by Larry E. Wilson, 2010)
Bible Verse
"When he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is" (1 John 3:2).
Devotional
Who can fully tell of all the Redeemer's glory in heaven? Or, if it was fully revealed, who would have the power to grasp, the faculties to comprehend, the eye to behold, and the tongue to describe such a lofty theme and sublime sight as this?
But we shall see it! We too shall be glorified. The mind shall be adjusted to the mightiness of the theme. And the eye shall be strengthened for the dazzling magnificence of the sight. With every physical, mental, and moral faculty perfectly developed and sanctified, we shall be a glorified church placed in the presence and contemplating through eternity the glory of a glorified Head.
You shall behold the Redeemer's glory. What? Shall you see "the King in his beauty" (Isa. 33:17)? What? Shall your eye behold his glory? Yes! If you see beauty in Jesus now, if your eye beholds glory in Immanuel, feeble and dim though the view may be, so surely shall you be with him where he is. You shall contemplate the endless unfoldings of his unclouded glory, and that through all eternity.
The sands of time are sinking, the dawn of Heaven breaks;
the summer morn I've sighed for— the fair, sweet morn awakes;
dark, dark hath been the midnight, but Dayspring is at hand,
and glory, glory dwelleth in Immanuel's land.
O Christ, he is the Fountain, the deep, sweet well of love!
The streams of earth I've tasted more deep I'll drink above;
there to an ocean fullness his mercy doth expand,
and glory, glory dwelleth in Immanuel's land.
The King there in his beauty without a veil is seen;
It were a well spent journey, though seven deaths lay between:
The Lamb with his fair army, doth on Mount Zion stand,
and glory— glory dwelleth in Immanuel's land.
The Bride eyes not her garment, but her dear Bridegroom's face;
I will not gaze at glory but on my King of grace.
Not at the crown he giveth but on his pierced hand;
the Lamb is all the glory of Immanuel's land.
O I am my Beloved's, and my Beloved's mine!
He brings this poor vile sinner into his "house of wine."
I stand upon his merit— I know no other stand,
not e'en where glory dwelleth in Immanuel's land.
(Anne R. Cousin, 1857, from Samuel Rutherford, ca. 1600–1661)
Be sure to read the Preface by Octavius Winslow and A Note from the Editor by Larry E. Wilson.
Larry Wilson is an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. In addition to having served as the General Secretary of the Committee on Christian Education of the OPC (2000–2004) and having written a number of articles and booklets (such as God's Words for Worship and Why Does the OPC Baptize Infants) for New Horizons and elsewhere, he has pastored OPC churches in Minnesota, Indiana, and Ohio. We are grateful to him for his editing of Morning Thoughts, the OPC Daily Devotional for 2025.
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