Heaven

Mahomet manifested great shrewdness in the conception of his paradise . If he mistook the kingdom of God , he comprehended well the appetites of men . He promised his followers the fullest gratification of their desires . But what if a foundation of eternal truth be found lying beneath all these abominations!The prophet's followers have a right principle in their hands , although by turning it upside down , they make it the most destructive of errors . It is true that heaven will give unbridled scope to all the appetites of all its inmates . There will be no crucifying of the flesh there ; no man will have will have his taste thwarted , or his supply is stinted there . Mohamet is right , in that as he says that in heaven every entrant will have his passions gratified to the full. The difference lies in this ; they expect that heaven's joys will be made to suit human  appetites ; we know that the tastes of the saved will be purified into perfect conformity with the joys that are at God's right hand . In heaven ,indeed , there is no foolishness to feed upon ; but there are no fools to desire it . Heaven denies no pleasure , and yet supplies nothing impure . All the evil desires are left behind , and all the good are gratified .It is time that we who seek the better country should be forgetting past attainments , and reaching forth to newer and higher measures of holiness; "Grow in grace." The night is far spent ; the day is at hand ; be ye also ready . There will be no crucifying of the flesh in heaven ; it must be crucified now . The old man must be put off with his deeds and his desires ; and for this salvation work , "now is the appointed time ." Those who do not on this side of lifes boundary line acquire a taste for holiness , will not on the other side get an entrance into heaven . "To them that look for Him ,He shall appear ;"they who look now in the opposite direction shall not then behold His face in peace .