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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 25, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 32, No. 10.

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TOO LATE TO SUFFER THEN.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

One thought has been impressed upon my mind of late, viz.: That after this life is closed and the saints are saved in Heaven, they can never suffer any further for the Lord. Now we are called to show our love for Jesus by suffering for him. But we often shrink from the cross and wish to avoid suffering for the Lord's sake. But after we are saved, we can never be mocked for Christ's sake, we can never be abused for his name, we can bear the cross no more, we can shed no more tears of grief for Jesus' cause, we can win no souls to God, no more can we show our love for God and his cause by sacrificing our means, our time, our good names, our ease, or our lives. Now the sacrifice must be made, or never. Who wants to share the kingdom with Jesus without suffering with him? Then let us remember that now is the only time we can ever have to show our love to the Lord by suffering for him. Idle, ease-loving Christian, think of this, and improve the present opportunity.
D. M. CANRIGHT.