p. 103 | Untitled article by Mary E. Guilford

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Third-day, January 28, 1868

“WELL DONE.”

By Mary E. Guilford

How sweetly these words will fall upon the ears of the patient, waiting saints. After having passed through bitter trials, endured the scoffs, the scorn, the gibes and sneers of the mocking multitude around them, and having, through the grace of God, victoriously overcome the world, the flesh, and the Devil, they are prepared to enter the promised land of rest; and their glorious Redeemer, for whom they have waited so long and so patiently, has come, clothed with the power and majesty of Heaven, to confer upon them immortality, and receive them unto himself. Then the bitter persecutions, grievous trials, and deep afflictions through which they have passed, will seem as naught as the lovely Saviour places upon their heads the bright, glittering crowns, and with majestic sweetness bids them enter into the joy of their Lord. Their warfare is ended, their trials are o’er, the victory is won, and as they join the holy angel band, they will touch their golden harps, and sing the sweet song of deliverance.

Oh, brother pilgrim! falter not, neither grow weary in well doing, but press on toward the prize. Renew thy zeal and energy in the work of the Lord. Remove every hindering cause, take up thy every cross, yea, put thy whole soul into the work of overcoming, and follow on to know the Lord, whom to know aright, is life everlasting. Shrink not from duty, but at all times be found at thy post, ready to do thy Heavenly Father’s bidding, so that when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, you may stand among that holy, happy throng, who will receive from his lips the welcome plaudit, “Well done.”

MARY E. GUILFORD.

Castalia, Ohio.