“Yes, we hope for a transition in due time, from a throne of grace, to stand upon a throne of glory; to see Him who sitteth upon it, the Lamb that was slain, who loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood!
Him, whom having not seen, we have obtained grace to love.
Indeed, He is to be seen now, but only with the eye of the mind.
He is the sun of the soul, and without him we should be like the earth if deprived of the light of the sun in the firmament.
There is a spiritual sunshine of which I can speak but faintly from experience.
But I would be thankful for daylight, by which I can see my way, and get a glimpse of my journey’s end.
Hereafter there will be a morning without clouds, a noon without night, a long, an everlasting day. Eternal sunshine!
In the mean time, I would retreat under the thought that the Lord reigns. He has wise reasons, though often inscrutable to us, both for what He appoints, and for what He permits.
Hereafter we shall know more.”
–John Newton, “Letter 109,” One Hundred and Twenty Nine Letters from the Rev. John Newton to Josiah Bull, Ed. William Bull (London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1847), 261, 263.
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