Isaiah 33:17 Your eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. A most interesting chapter in the biography describes her visit to Switzerland. On her return home she had typhoid fever, and was laid aside for a long time. This is how she talked of her experience during her illness: F. "Sometimes I could not quite see His face; yet there was His promise, 'I will never leave thee.' I knew He said it, and that He was there." M. "Had you any fear at all to die?" F. "Oh no, not a shadow. It was on the first day of this illness I dictated to Constance, 'Just as Thou wilt, O Master, call!'" M. "Then was it delightful to think you were going home, dear Fan?" F. "No, it was not the idea of going home, but that He was coming for me, and that I should see my King. I never thought of death as going through the dark valley or down to the river; it often seemed to me a going up to the golden gates and lying there in the brightness, just waiting for the gate to open for me." She was brought back, in answer to many prayers, from the gates of the grave. (King's Highway.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.WEB: Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will see a distant land. |
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