p. 8 | The Day at Hand by D. T. Shireman

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 25, 1909

The Day at Hand

By D. T. Shireman

D. T. SHIREMAN

“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.” Rom. 13:12. Do we realize as we ought the great fact that the long night of sin, darkness, and suffering will soon be past? Do we really believe it? Are we putting off the works of darkness and putting on the armor of light?

Says Inspiration: “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.” If we know this, we will show it by our works. How can we expect to be saved from the coming destruction if we fail to have on the armor of light and let that light shine out to those in darkness?

We do not need to go to foreign fields to find work. Our first work is around our homes—for our neighbors. It is not so much to argue with them as to show Christ’s love by deeds of kindness. “It is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.” The time of our salvation is fifty-two years nearer than when I first believed. How glad I am that the Lord has given me a humble part in this solemn work. The words of our Saviour are, “Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand,” and, “Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” “The golden morning is fast approaching; Jesus soon will come.” May we be ready.

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