C. S. VEEDER by C. S. Veeder

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 26, 1872

C. S. VEEDER

By C. S. Veeder

Unbelief.

How little the word of God is believed at the present day. Even those who profess to take it for their guide and counsel, err in the construction of certain passages, and in consequence are full of darkness and unbelief. “I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.” St. John 12: 46. Christ came as a light into the world, and yet it is not promised that he will light everybody in the world, but only those who believe on him. Then to believe on him is necessary in order to have the benefit of the light. And if we do not believe, we are abiding in darkness. And “he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.”

How many are to-day walking in the darkness of this world and Satan. Truly he hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts, that they should not see nor understand the things of God, and that he should heal them. The day is drawing near when all human history must cease; and the vials of God’s wrath be poured out without mercy upon the heads of the ungodly. Do the people believe it? Do they see the end approaching? Have they studied God’s word, which many profess to take as a guide, and not discovered that such is the case? Is not there warning after warning given that after certain events take place in the history of this world, then cometh the end? Such is certainly the case; and yet unbelief takes possession of their minds, and these warnings are unheeded.

But all are not thus blinded by Satan. Some have given their attention to the study of God’s word and stand out in the clear light of truth. To such, Christ’s coming appears a reality, and they are looking and waiting for his appearing soon in the clouds of heaven with great glory. They almost see the end, and will hail with joy its approach. Walk in the light, and Christ’s coming will not be unexpected or sudden.