NONE OTHER CAN COMPARE WITH OUR LORD. No other one can be with us forever, only Jesus. He is with us tonight. He is, and He will be with us as He has promised in the future. He is with us to give protection, to impart consolation, to subdue our fears, to inspire with hope. He identifies us with Himself. He makes our cause His own. His presence is pledged to us: it is the shield of our protection, the strength of our hearts, and the source of our joy. He will not leave us to go alone. He will not take His eye off us, or close His ear to our cry for one moment. He tells us that we are more endeared to Him than the loveliest infant is to the fondest mother. The ties of nature are not so strong, or so tender, or so lasting as the ties of grace. Let us endeavour to keep this fact in view, Jesus is with us, and ever will be with us. He will be the last to comfort us in time, and the first to welcome us in eternity. He will go through the whole journey with us, and then hold us before His face forever. We are therefore sure of one thing, and that is, the presence of Jesus; and His presence is the joy of angels, the bliss of heaven, and the glory of eternity.

For Meditation:
Lord, I commend to Thee
The remnant of my days;
O that my chief concern may be
To spend them to Thy praise.