Nearing Home by H. S. Gurney

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 27, 1871

Nearing Home.

By H. S. Gurney

SOON we shall get home, sweet home! glorious reflections! Here, are trials, and conflicts severe, the eye is dimmed, and all the senses shocked, at the utterances of woe from every quarter; but faith looks up. The signs of the times bid us look up and lift up our heads, for our redemption draws near. There is comfort. There is joy unspeakable, and full of glory. Here, are joy and pleasure all mixed with sorrow, discomfort, and uncertainty; not so in Heaven. Why is it necessary to urge men to comply with reasonable conditions in order to obtain a purchased possession? Oh! we will lay aside every weight and run to obtain the prize. We will be temperate in all things. We will deny self. We will labor to enter that rest eternal. We will follow the lovely pattern, Jesus, who says, “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” If we are heavy laden, the promise is, “My grace is sufficient for you.” The willing and the obedient shall eat the good of the land. They will ride upon the high places of the earth, and be fed with the heritage of Jacob; and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of God. Who is to sit down with these? The bidden guests to the supper of the Lamb. I am unworthy to be of that company; but Jesus came to save such. I will try to trust him and fulfill all the written conditions, that I may enter into life.

H. S. GURNEY.