"It is time to be thinking of heaven,"
So the voice of the teacher: doth say';
But the heaven to which they would lead us,
Is a heaven that is far, far away.
They tell us, that, o' er the dark river,
We will land on the heavenly shore;
But is it not wiser and better,
To find that bright Canaan before?
"The kingdom of God is within you,"
The greatest of Teachers hath said;
And the faithful and loving have found it,
And enjoy'd it, before they were dead.
The kingdom of God is within you;
Let doubtings and sorrows depart.
The kingdom of God is within you;
It dwells in the sanctified heart.
So the voice of the teacher: doth say';
But the heaven to which they would lead us,
Is a heaven that is far, far away.
They tell us, that, o' er the dark river,
We will land on the heavenly shore;
But is it not wiser and better,
To find that bright Canaan before?
"The kingdom of God is within you,"
The greatest of Teachers hath said;
And the faithful and loving have found it,
And enjoy'd it, before they were dead.
The kingdom of God is within you;
Let doubtings and sorrows depart.
The kingdom of God is within you;
It dwells in the sanctified heart.
— Christ in the Soul (1872) XVI.
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