The Veil Will Be Drawn Aside
Now
we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face. 1 Cor. 13:12
There, when the veil that darkens our
vision shall be removed, and our eyes shall behold that world of beauty of which
we now catch glimpses through the microscope; when we look on the glories of
the heavens, now scanned afar through the telescope; when, the blight of sin
removed, the whole earth shall appear "in the beauty of the Lord our
God," what a field will be open to our study! There the student of science
may read the records of creation, and discern no reminders of the law of evil.
He may listen to the music of nature's voices, and detect no note of wailing or
undertone of sorrow. In all created things he may trace one handwriting--in the
vast universe behold "God's name writ large," and not in earth or sea
or sky one sign of ill remaining. . . .
There will be open to the student history
of infinite scope and of wealth inexpressible. Here, from the vantage ground of
God's Word, the student is afforded a view of the vast field of history, and
may gain some knowledge of the principles that govern the course of human
events. But his vision is still clouded and his knowledge incomplete. Not until
he stands in the light of eternity will he see all things clearly. . . .
The veil that interposes between the
visible and the invisible world will be drawn aside, and wonderful things will
be revealed. . . .
There all who have wrought with unselfish
spirit will behold the fruit of their labors. The outworking of every right
principle and noble deed will be seen. . . . How little of the result of the
world's noblest work is in this life manifest to the doer! . . . Parents and teachers
lie down in their last sleep, their lifework seeming to have been wrought in
vain; they know not that their faithfulness has unsealed springs of blessing
that can never cease to flow . . . , and the influence repeat itself a
thousandfold. . . . In the hereafter the action and reaction of all these will
be seen.
From My Life Today - Page 366
