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Asleep in Jesus

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 2, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 43.

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Asleep in Jesus

By Mrs. D. W. Myers

MRS. D. W. MYERS
Our dearly beloved Sister White is gone to her rest. Our hearts have been grieved beyond measure. Sorrowfully we have laid her in her resting place. A little mound, a tombstone, a few lonely flowers are all that mark the place of the sleeping one. But, thank God, that mound will not always be the prison house of our loved one. Some glad day God will call her forth to receive her reward. She will come forth clothed with immortality. Though silent, she still speaks to us. The books which are a part of her life's work are still with us, as a token of her faithfulness to God. O, may we also live and die as did our dear sister — trusting in Jesus and faithful to the last.

The Blessed Hope of the Resurrection

If it were not for the hope of the resurrection, what wretched mortals we should be! And if our hope were not based upon the Word of God, how vain our hope!
“For if the dead rise not, . . . your faith is vain.” 1 Cor. 15:16, 17. But the Scriptures also say, “If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.” 1 Thess. 4:14. “God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.” 1 Cor. 6:14. “Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus.” 2 Cor. 4:14. Jesus said of himself, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” John 14:6. “I am the resurrection, and the life.” John 11:25. “The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Rom. 6:23.
What wonderful, precious promises! “And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.” 1 John 2:25. As we read these promises, our hearts are filled with joy, faith, and hope, —with joy because we believe that some day we shall meet our loved ones again; with faith, because we believe that God can fulfill his promises; with hope, because we have the assurance that God cannot lie. Heb. 6:18.