The Truth will Triumph.
By R. F. Cottrell
Not in the conversion of the world, or in the salvation of all men, but in the sanctification and salvation of the people who are truly the children of God. It will triumph in the vindication of God's truth and righteousness—in the deliverance of his people, and in the signal overthrow of his enemies. The law of God, now despised and trodden under foot, will be vindicated in the sight of all; and those who contend that it has been abolished or changed, will see their folly made manifest by the opening of the great day. They, too, who put far in the future the evil day, and have scoffingly said, Where is the promise of his coming? will find to their utter astonishment and consternation, that the Saviour told the truth when he promised to come again, and gave signs by which his people would know when his coming was near—that his word is verified and they convicted of infidelity, and condemned as the unalterable consequence. These are solemn and fearful truths—truths which we now may learn, and escape the wrath to come, or may despise, and drink of the cup of trembling and fierce indignation. And all these weighty, momentous considerations hang upon the brittle thread of life, and on the improvement or misimprovement of a very brief period of time. In a little while, all preparations for that tremendous day will be completed, and, ready or not ready, all must meet the consequences of their conduct here. Well will it be for those who have let the truth triumph in their hearts and lives, and thus have made the Judge their friend. They will triumph with the truth, while the truth triumphs over their enemies.
R. F. COTTRELL.