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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 10, 1867

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 30, No. 26.

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PEACE IN CHRIST.

By N. JANE LUCAS

How many of us can say with good and honest hearts that we have sweet peace in Christ; peace that floweth as a river; peace that none but Jesus can give? To-day, while meditating on the past, present and future, I am led to exclaim, When will our joy and peace be complete? I answer, When Jesus comes. Oh! what a joyful day that will be to God's true children. Dear reader, let us all strive to be there. Even now, peace fills my inmost being in anticipation of the glory that awaits us on the other shore. Here we have some little peace, but it is mingled with much tribulation. Jesus says, “In the world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer: I have overcome the world.” John xvi, 33. Again, there are times that we feel sad and sorrowful; we see our loved ones torn from our fond embrace by the cruel hand of death, and see them borne away to the narrow confines of the tomb. Jesus says, “I am the resurrection and the Life; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.” John xi, 25.
Dear ones in the Lord, I am looking forward with a bright hope to the morning of the resurrection, when those loved ones that have long slept in the cold and silent tomb will come forth from their dusty graves clothed with immortality and eternal life. Oh! how sweet the thought, that, if faithful, we shall one day sit down in the kingdom of God with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to go no more out, there to swell the joyful song of Moses and the Lamb. Oh! how complete will be our happiness there; not a shade of transgression can ever enter that peaceful abode. Glory, glory, be to God.
Dear readers, there is a great storm gathering, but if we have peace in Christ, we are safe. The humble child of God can say, Let the winds blow and the storm rage; let persecution come; I can bear all without a murmur, only give me a home with Jesus. It is but a little while longer we shall have to face the storm. Soon, if faithful, we shall enter into that rest that remaineth for the children of God. Let us then strive to overcome every thing that is unlike Jesus, that we may be found with that people that shall have come out of much tribulation, having their robes washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb. Rev. vii, 14. May it be our happy lot to be there, for once safely inside of the kingdom, we can enjoy the smiling countenance of the Saviour forever. There our joy and peace will be complete.
Your sister in the faith and hope of the gospel. N. JANE LUCAS. Hartford, Me., Nov. 17, 1867.