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THE LATTER RAIN

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 14, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 31, No. 18.

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THE LATTER RAIN

By Roswell Fenner Cottrell

Is coming—the refreshing from the presence of the Lord. Those will receive it, in the church already gathered by the third angel’s message, who are prepared for it; and honest ones without, will, under its influence, soon be gathered in. But what will be our condition, brethren and sisters, if we, with all our opportunities and privileges, shall be unprepared to receive this blessing? The blessing will not come on us unsought. It will come on those who are earnestly praying for it, and living in harmony with this prayer. And we shall not have to wait a long time, after we have the needed preparation. I believe we shall receive it in degree, as soon as we are prepared to use it to the glory of God, and our own good. It seems to me that it is even now beginning to come upon the servants chosen of God to lead out in the work of the present message, and upon the most devoted in the church.
Let it be our earnest prayer that God will bless us with his people, and give us a part in the great work that lies yet before us. The labor comes before the rest. Give me a part in the labor. Let me go all the way with this people. Let me bear the cross and endure the toil with the people of the Lord; and there is no doubt that the crown and glorious rest will be given in due time. Let me share in the suffering, and I will not fear that the glory will not be given. Let us not be so selfish as to desire the crown, while we shun the cross, to crave the rest, while we refuse the toil, and covet the glory without the suffering. Oh! let us share with God’s people now, and I will trust him for what shall be my lot hereafter. R. F. COTTRELL.