...thief, * " To-day shalt thou be with * Luke, xxiii. 43. me in Paradise;" and that St. Paul was anxious to be * " absent from the body, that he might be present with the Lord.'1 Hence, as likewise from the parabolical representation of the Rich Man in torments, and Lazarus...

...the apostle^ realizing these glories of immortality, should cherish a desire of departing ; of being absent from the body that he might be present with the Lord; and justly mayest thou, Christian, being a partaker of the same grace unite in the same challenge of...

...soul. On the one hand, he made a solemn, declaration of the earnest longing, with which he desired to be absent from the body, that he might be present with the Lord : and on the other, he expressed a more than parental attachment, which excited in him a wish, that...

...thief, * " To-day shalt thou be with > * Luke xxiii. 43. me in Paradise -" and that St. Paul was anxious to be * " absent from the body, that he might be present with the Lord." Hence, as likewise from the parabolical representation of the Rich Man in torments, and Lazarus in...

...an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." This made him confident, and willing " rather to be absent from the body," that he might " be present with the Lord.'' And when " He which testifieth these things, saith, Behold, I come quickly," he with eager exultation...

...apostle, realising these glories of immortality, should cherish a " desire of departing ;" of being «* absent from the body that he might be present with the Lord ;" and justly mayestthou, Christian, being a partaker of the same grace, unite in the same challenge...

...; in his commendation of his own spirit, in his last agonies, to the Father ; in St. Paul's desire to be absent from the body, that he might be present with his Lord ; but, most of all, we may allege the sequel of this same story. The manner in which the miracle...

...not into a state of oblivion, till the resurrection of the dead ; but to be with Jesus. He desired " to be absent from the body, that he might be present with the Lord." The expectation of Paul was, that immediately after the death of his body, he should find himself in...

...crucifixion ; in his commendation of his own spirit, in his last agonies, to the Father; in St. Paul's desire to be absent from the body, that he might be present with his Lord; but, most of all, we may allege the sequel of this same story. The manner in which the miracle...

...of his writings ; yet he speaks of his own salvation with the utmost confidence — expresses a wish to be ' absent from the body, that he might be present with the Lord' (2 Cor. v. 8.) — says, ' That he had a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better'...