Holding forth the Word of Life
— Philippians 2:16a (KJV)
Not only shall my soul
after this life immediately be taken up to Christ, my Head,1
but also this my flesh,
raised by the power of Christ, shall be reunited with my soul and made like Christ’s glorious body.2
Since I now already
feel in my heart
the beginning of eternal joy,1
I shall after this life
possess perfect blessedness,
such as no eye has seen,
nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man conceived—
a blessedness in which to praise God forever.2