That was in His last prayer in the guest-chamber, on the last night
before He was crucified and died that terrible death on Calvary. I see
some here whose countenances begin to light up at the thought that
they shall be with 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
they are converted they 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. 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 night will soon pass away, and the morning
dawn upon us.