Hope and Sanctification

In the Christian School of old Holland, where I received my early education, we used to sing a hymn about the object of Christian hope, and the longing of the believer for that object, that ran as follows: "O, daar te zijn, Waar nimmer tranen vloeien, Waar't hart geen angst, geen kommer kent noch pijn, Waar doom noch distel groeien, O daar te zijn! O daar te zijn!" and which, translated into English, would run somewhat like this: "O, were I there! Where never tears do flow, Where...