Heavenly Home by Mary S. Williams

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 5, 1875

Heavenly Home.

By Mary S. Williams

We are not far from that beautiful land that God promised to his people many years ago. God had the holy prophets of old mark the road to Canaan, and we have passed nearly all the waymarks thus given. We have but very few more to pass before we shall behold the metropolis of the promised land. Signal after signal of our near approach to the end of our journey has been given from above.

The great enemy of our race knows that we are very near the heavenly Canaan, and he will try to keep as many of us from entering as he can. He is making many believe that God has no right to command them in regard to eating and drinking. He made Eve believe that he knew better than God what she could eat and live; so she yielded to her appetite, and forfeited her right to her beautiful home. And Esau sold his birthright for the gratification of his appetite. Satan has learned that many will sell their birthright to a home in Canaan to gratify the appetite, so he will do all in his power to make us believe we have a right to eat anything the appetite craves. Therefore we are in danger of falling as did the children of Israel in the wilderness. The end of the journey is almost reached. Still, the remainder is the most difficult, and it will take great strength, both physical and moral, to go through. We are almost home. There we shall rest from toil and sorrow beyond the tempter’s power.

MARY S. WILLIAMS.

Hardin Co., Ky., July, 1875.