...the cottage of that dear Christian friend whose soul has, I doubt not, before this time joined the general assembly and Church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven, all pass in review this morning, and produce pleasing sensations in my mind. There is but one thing...

...confirm the promises made unto the fathers. —Rom. xv. 8. 4 Ye are come unto Mount Sion . . . to the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven ... to the spirits of just men made perfect.—Heb. xii. 22, 23. Full twenty years are pass'd away,...

...innumerable company of the angelic world, constitute but " one family in heaven and earth ;" but one "general assembly and Church of the firstborn whose names are written in heaven ;" " all things, both things in heaven and things in earth" being gathered together, and reunited under...

...of blessedness. We learn that it is the dwelling-place, not merely of Jesus and of God, but of " the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven,"—the " innumerable company of angels,"—those more ancient and majestic orders of created...

...rest from our works as God did from his. At this time we shall meet all the flock ; this will be " the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven." And at the close of the thousand years the wicked shall be raised and judged, and when banished and imprisoned,...

...love, in his lower courts, thereby making them a heaven upon earth; and cause you at last to join the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven. This is the hearty, unfeigned, and constant prayer of him, who is, with great esteem and affection,"—...

...hearts ; and showing them that by coming to it they have come to the rendezvous of all the just, to the general assembly and Church of the first-born whose names are written in heaven. What other impression then can we derive from the survey than this, that unity is a sign of the true...

...inducements to set up his rest on this side of Jordan. His heart is at home, and his home is among the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven. True, when he looks round on the works of God, he sees in them much of beauty, much to wonder at, much...

...this figure, the apostle Paul says, " Ye are come to Mount Zion, tothe city of the living God, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven." He says also to the Philippians, " Our conversation is in heaven, whence also we look for the Saviour,"...

...are come," said the apostle to the believing Hebrews, " to the innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first-born whose names are written in heaven, and to the spirits of just men made perfect." What is there in such society as this— the society of angels...