p. 848 | AN EXHORTATION by Jennie E. Barrows

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 31, 1901

AN EXHORTATION.

By Jennie E. Barrows

JENNIE E. BARROWS.

COURAGE, brother, Time is fleeting, And our work We’re near completing.

“Yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry.”

Let us strive to become more and more in harmony with our Lord, that when He descends from heaven in clouds of glory, we may be found waiting and watching for Him, not with sadness and weakening confidence, but with rejoicing, trusting hearts.

The Lord has promised that if we will do His will faithfully, He will give us a home in His kingdom, where our precious Redeemer has gone to prepare a place for us. And soon He will come to receive us unto himself, that we may be ever with Him. What a blessed promise! The Lord has spoken it, and every word of God is true. Let us seek to do His will, that we may be found worthy of the promise.

The Lord asks our best service, and if such is rendered Him, we may hope to hear Him say, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”

Sometimes it may seem hard to say, “Thy will, O God, be done;” but if we will become more consecrated, putting all our trust in Him, we shall be strong for that which is right in God’s sight. His ways are ways of truth, and all His works are for some purpose which seems good in His sight.

If we will keep our eyes upon Jesus, walking in the light of the Holy Spirit, we shall see as the Lord sees, and do His works. O that more could say, I am ready for the Lord’s bright home! Let us work as never before for the salvation of souls. Our faith is the victory that shall overcome the world.

While we wait and pray for the Lord’s soon reappearing, we shall not cease to praise Him for the privileges He gives us and for His many blessings.