d." Some of our children and friends leave us, and it is a very
sad hour. But, thank God, the believer and Christ shall never be
separated! He is with us here, and we shall be with Him in person by
and by, and shall see Him in His beauty. But not only is He with us,
but He has sent us the Holy Ghost. Let us honor the Holy Ghost by
acknowledging that He is here in our midst. He has power to give sight
to the blind, liberty to the captive, and to open the ears of the deaf
that they may hear the glorious words of the Gospel.

6. The "I Will" of Resurrection.

Then there is another _I will_ in John, sixth chapter, verse forty; it
occurs four times in the chapter: "_I will raise him up at the last
day_."

I rejoice to think that I have a Savior who has power over death. My
blessed Master holds the keys him, and I got more comfort out of that
promise "I will raise him up at the last day," than anything else in
the Bible. How it cheered me! How it lighted up my path! And as I went
into the room and looked upon the lovely face of that brother, how
that passage ran through my soul: "Thy brother shall rise again." I
said, "Thank God for that promise." It was worth more than the world
to me.

When we laid him in the grave, it seemed as if I could hear the voice
of Jesus Christ saying, "Thy brother shall rise again." Blessed
promise of the resurrection! Blessed "I will!" "I will raise him up at
the last day."

7. The "I Will" of Glory.

Now the next _I will_ is in John, seventeenth chapter, twenty-fourth
verse: "_Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be
with Me where I am_."

This was in His last prayer in the guest-chamber, on the last night
before He was crucified and died that terrible death on Calvary. Many
a believer's countenance begins to light up at the thought that he
shall see the King in His beauty by and by. Yes; there is a glorious
day before us in the future. Some think that on the first day we are
converted we have got everything. To be sure, we get salvation for the
past and peace for the present; but then there is the glory for the
future in store. That's what kept Paul rejoicing. He said, "These
light afflictions, these few stripes, these few brickbats and stones
that they throw at me--why, the glory that is beyond excels them so
much that I count them as nothing, nothing at all, so that I may win
Christ." And so, when things go against us, let us cheer up; let us
remember that the nigh