AM I READY? by Wm. H. Stown.

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 14, 1867

AM I READY?

By Wm. H. Stown.

AM I ready for Jesus to come? If I am ready for that event I am ready for every thing else, ready to die, ready to live, ready to do my duty to my God and my brethren, to my fellow man at home and abroad, at church and in the world.

But what shall I gain by being ready? I shall gain a home in Heaven, a right to the tree of life, to eat of its holy fruit, and a right to pluck the leaves of that tree which are for the healing of the nations. Yes.

“I’ll pluck the fruit and pluck the flowers, And dwell in those celestial bowers, And never, never die again For Jesus evermore will reign.”

To bathe in the waters of the river of life that flows from the throne of God; to enter through those pearly gates, and walk those golden streets.

If I am only ready, I’ll meet those friends that have died in the full triumphs of living faith. I’ll then make the acquaintance of Noah, Job, and Daniel, and live with the good and great of all ages, to hear from their lips the story of their pilgrimage.

And there I will see my Saviour that blessed Jesus that died for me that I might live and thus showed a way for me to get ready.

I must be ready. I must live in that heavenly kingdom. I must live with Jesus; and by the grace of God, I will be ready, that when Jesus comes I may lift up my voice and say with others, Lo this is our God, we have waited for him, and he will save us. This is the Lord we have waited for him we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

WM. H. STOWN.

Gridley, Ill.