Eternal Life

Reprinted from the Standard Bearer December 1, 1939. “This is life eternal, that they may know thee, the only and true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” John 17:3 Eternal life. It is a boon unspeakably good. But just what is it? How is it to be described or defined? Is it heavenly felicity? Is it to be identified with holiness, with purity of heart? Christ says that to know God is eternal life. Mark you, not to know about Him but to know Him is life eternal. It is a knowing that...