In this sermon, the preacher emphasizes the centrality and supremacy of Jesus Christ. He highlights the power of prayer and the blessing of the coming of the Lord. The preacher also reflects on the difficulty of certain Bible verses and wonders why some people live longer than others. The sermon concludes with a description of a new revelation of the greatness and glory of Jesus Christ, urging believers to make Christ known to others. The sermon references the book of Revelation and describes the appearance of Jesus as depicted in the Bible.

This is a recording made at the funeral of Brother Austin Sparks on the 19th of April 1971. We apologize for the noise on the tape. After the service, the recorder was taken to the graveside. We are sorry that the tape ran out just before the end of the prayer. This was followed with the singing of the chorus, Living He Loved Me. Shall we look up to our breasts? I am the Almighty. I am what thou seest with a garment down to the foot, a girdle bound to the breast, and I have here gathered in thy presence at a time when lovely words are in the arms of the Father. In his early teenage years, ye have been to the world, and have come to learn, and what ye got, to see more of our own to others, that we could point back to some I had a. The world would not, I am not sure, but many in the Christian world would. It is spiritual success to have been able for one another, we ourselves, to try and do it. Some who would know the eternal reckoning of our own people, none of us could. In our age, I remind you of the next wonderful, to know the secret, the bloodiest, from that that God has in no light to record, in our little smaller family meetings here on the Lord's day, without being reminded. No other place is surely as well from the possibility of our conscience in a world which has been, and much that has happened, many have reason to thank God for answers present to our Lord on his throne, the point to which our brother was led just now, and one more. Sometimes it is said of them, I do, I through, even to the last, not but 1970, certainly those who were, and some of us once, I am not sure that I know why, but as far as to give well, whether that be so or not, we do know the word from the one, to all our hearts, of all his precious, sweetest, brightest, our thoughts coming down to us, I come. When you say, that you'll be good, I'll ask him, oh my God, when I am old, Christ our Lord, who shall change the body of our humiliation, that it may be like unto the body of his glory, according to the power whereby he is able, our gracious God, that all my ways are right, we thank thee that for so many years thou didst lead thy servant in thine own right way, for mercies granted to him, we praise the Lord, for sustaining grace, for over ruling providence, for thee daily, hourly, for all the paths, a rich path, a fruitful path, for it all we thank the name of the Lord, and over it we write, as for God, his way is perfect, and this his servant would add, he made my way perfect, we praise thee that we are gathered here to rejoice in the fact of our brother being in thy presence, we have read of the end of these troublesome things of our poor world, there'll be no more, no more pain, thank God, brother Sparks will have no more pain, no more sorrow, no more night, only blessing, only internal enjoyment of serving the Lord and seeing his face, oh how we praise thee, for Lord we feel the challenge of eternity, oh how we praise thee, for Lord we feel the challenge of eternity, coming to our own hearts, as we stand around this open gravesite, we are made to remember how frail we are, the fewness of our days, the nearness of eternity for each one of us, and our prayer would be, oh Lord, that thou wouldst lead us in thine everlasting way, saving us from ways of grief, and leading us up to that glorious, holy city of thine, where all is light, and all is love, we commend to thee, our mourning friend, thou hast said, blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted, and while we thank God for the comfort and help, until now, we pray for the days that lie ahead, that goodness and mercy shall follow and surround them also, all the days of their life, and we thank God that they and our brother, and our dear ones who've gone before, and we here by thy grace can say, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord. The memorial service for our brother Austin Sparks was held on Saturday the first of May, and a large number of people from throughout Great Britain and the continent were present.