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Things that Last

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 7, 1871

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 38, No. 21.

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Things that Last.

Let us now look at some of those things that “will never wear out.”
I have often heard a poor blind girl sweetly sing, “Kind words will never die.” Ah! we believe that these are among the things that “will never wear out.” And we are told in God’s own book to be “kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another.”
The word of the Lord will never wear out. Though the grass shall wither, and the flowers fall away, the word of the Lord endureth forever. 1 Pet. 1 : 24, 25.
The life of the righteous will never wear out. They will live in the world to come as long as God shall live; but the death of the wicked will last forever.
The joys of the kingdom of Heaven will never wear out. The pleasures of this world soon die; but the enjoyments of that world will never end.
The crown of glory will never wear out. The crown of the winner in the Olympic games soon faded; the crowns of kings will all wear out; but the crown of glory will never fade away. 1 Pet. 5 : 4.
The “new song” will never wear out. We hear sometimes that some of our tunes are worn threadbare; but that will never be said of the new song.
Which will you choose? The lasting, or that which wastes away? The things of time, or of eternity? Will you choose wealth, honor, fame, or the joys of Heaven, eternal life, the crown of glory, and the “new song”? May God enable us to make a wise choice; and, with Joshua, may we choose to serve the Lord.—Christian Treasury.