Far different are the words spoken to God’s faithful ones. “Come, ye blessed of my Father,” Christ says, “inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” Matthew 25:34. Then from the host of the redeemed there rises the triumphant chorus, “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” 1 Corinthians 15:55. O that our minds could comprehend the greatness of the theme and the wonderful importance of the occasion. (UL 272.5) MC VC