A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a
doorkeeper in the house read more

A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a
doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of
wickedness.

The road to heaven lies as near by water as by land.

The road to heaven lies as near by water as by land.

God keeps a niche
In Heaven, to hold our idols; and albeit
He brake them to our read more

God keeps a niche
In Heaven, to hold our idols; and albeit
He brake them to our faces, and denied
That our close kisses should impair their white,--
I know we shall behold them raised, complete,
The dust swept from their beauty, glorified,
New Memnons singing in the great God-light.

All places are distant from heaven alike.

All places are distant from heaven alike.

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at
rest.

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at
rest.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?

They had finished her own crown in glory, and she couldn't stay
away from the coronation.

They had finished her own crown in glory, and she couldn't stay
away from the coronation.

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

To appreciate heaven well
'Tis good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell.

To appreciate heaven well
'Tis good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell.