Return, Come

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 28, 1895

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 21, No. 47.

Return, Come.—Thus pleads the Lord through the prophet to the anxious inquirer. Isa. 21:11, 12. Mercy waits. The night of destruction has not yet folded her sable doors. The glory of eternal day, in the light of which no sinner can live, has not yet broken the veil of God’s mercy. The long-suffering and merciful love of the King still urges. In encouraging tones he pleads, “If ye will inquire, inquire ye; return, come.” Soon he will cease pleading to deaf ears. Will you not say, sinner, “Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.” Return. Come back from the ways of sin, while the wounded hands and feet and bleeding side argue for you. Come; he pleads with thee, sinner. He knocks at thy heart’s door for admission. He invites thee to the marriage feast, to the crown of life, to the kingdom eternal. He will not compel thee to come. He wants love for his love. “The Spirit and the Bride say, Come.” Who come?—Whosoever will. “The morning cometh.” The King is at the door. Are you ready to receive him? Are you watching? “Blessed is that servant whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing.”