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Heaven: a Sustaining Prospect
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
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One Palmer, of Reading, being condemned to die, in Queen Mary's time, was much persuaded to recant, and among other things a friend said to him, 'Take pity on thy golden years and pleasant flowers of youth, before it be too late.' His reply was as beautiful as it was conclusive: 'Sir, I long for those springing flowers which shall never fade away.' When he was in the midst of the flames he exhorted his companions to constancy, saying, 'We shall not end our lives in the fire, but make a change for a better life; yea, for coals we shall receive pearls.' Thus do we clearly see, that although 'if in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable,' yet the prospect of a better and enduring substance enables us to meet all the trials and temptations of this present life with holy boldness and joy.
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Spurgeon, Charles. Entry for 'Heaven: a Sustaining Prospect'. Spurgeon's Illustration Collection. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fff/h/heaven-a-sustaining-prospect.html. 1870.
