Gird on the Armor by P. L. Cornell

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 25, 1873

Gird on the Armor.

By P. L. Cornell

THE judgments of God are in the earth, and often the question is suggested, Will the inhabitants learn righteousness? but as often is a negative answer forced, as we see the majority of the world rushing blindly on, rendered careless by the peace and safety cry; or dazzled by the fanciful view presented by false teachers of the golden age soon to dawn, when God, by the conversion of the whole world, will give to his Son the heathen for an inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the world for a possession.

But when we study carefully the word of God, what a different lesson is taught to the waiting, watching people. We read in these portentous signs, “The end of all things is at hand;” and the exhortation is set home with all its force, “Be ye also ready.” In the destruction of life and worldly good, in so many different ways, we are admonished that our great High Priest is finishing up his work in the heavenly sanctuary, and that probation is soon to close. Then let us search for every secret sin of our hearts as never before, and cast away every idol, that when our Lord shall come, we may be accounted worthy to enter in through the gates into the city. How can we afford to lose eternal life? Oh! let us gird on the armor anew, endure the scoffs and frowns of the world a little longer. Heaven is cheap enough even if we are called to yield this life to obtain that which is to come. How small the sacrifice. The conflict is nearly over. Soon we shall win if we faint not.

P. L. Cornell.