" Moses went up … to the top of Pisgah; . . . and the Lord showed him all the land " (Deut. 34 :1).
"We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen " (2 Cor. 4 :18).
On Pisgah's top we stand,
And view our portion o'er;
It is a heavenly land,
With life forevermore.
No earthly mount avails
From which to see that land;
What grace has wrought prevails-
It "shows" the blissful strand.
In grace, through Christ we stand;
Our God has called us there;
Faith sees the promised land :
How large! how rich! how fair!
Such is our Pisgah-view ;
"Things not seen " are in sight;
In Christ all, all te new –
In Him we walk in light.
Our calling is above –
Our hope beyond the sun –
Fruit of God's boundless' love,
And Christ the work has done.
His blood has made our peace;
In Him we're seen above;
He pleads in fullest grace ;
His priestly care we prove.
We wait for Him to come –
Shall meet Him "in the air";
He'll take us to His home;
The Father welcomes there.
All, all is true above –
No wrongs can there be found –
No ill-requited love
The tender heart to wound.
Sad earth will then be blest;
"The Christ of God " will reign ;
All, all will be at rest
Till Satan's "loosed" again.
"All things" will God "make new,"
And from His works will rest-
All things be good and true,
And naught can then molest.
We bless the God of grace-
Will laud Him evermore-
Now in the weeping place,
Then on the tearless shore.
R. H.