"We
are exhorted to lay up treasure in heaven, where neither moth
nor rust doth corrupt, nor thieves break through and steal.
It is also declared that whatsoever a man soweth, that shall
he also reap. These scriptures teach us that the enjoyments
of the life to come, bear a near relation to that which now
is; a relation similar to that of the harvest, and the seed.
It is true all the reward is of mere grace, but it is nevertheless
encouraging; what a treasure, what an harvest must await such
characters as PAUL, and ELLIOT, and BRAINERD, and others, who
have given themselves wholly to the work of the Lord."