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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 27, 1866

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 27, No. 17.

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Rejoice.

By Delia A. Eddy

We should rejoice that we are travelers to Mount Zion. But, says one, How can I rejoice when everything turns against me? Well, afflicted one, you have reason to rejoice that God has permitted you to live, and has given you to understand for what purpose he created you and placed you upon the earth. You should rejoice that God has given you his word so that you may know how to escape his wrath by preparing your hearts for another state of existence, where the inhabitants will be forever happy.
Rejoice then, ye way-worn travelers; rejoice that time is short; that eternity is near; that the race is almost run. Do not faint by the way. Do not give up in despair, but struggle on, suffer on, a little longer. Experience tells us that continual striving to do right in all things will tend much to sweeten the bitter draught that we are called to drink.
Rejoice that we can be made pure and holy by passing through the furnace of affliction. It is written that those who will be arrayed in white robes and stand before the throne of God, are those who have come up out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Rejoice that there is one who knows all you have to bear, and is touched with the feelings of your infirmities, and is able and willing to help you in every trying hour. Yes, rejoice in Christ Jesus. Rejoice that you can suffer with him who was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. "Rejoice in the Lord alway, and again I say rejoice." "The battle's almost o'er, the race is nearly run," then let us take courage and press on that we may be accounted worthy to bear the cross, and at last wear the crown.
"O young soldier, are you weary Of the roughness of the way? Does your strength begin to fail you, And your vigor to decay? Jesus, Jesus will go with you, He will lead you to his throne, He who shed his blood to save you, He who bore your sins alone." Delia A. Eddy.