SABBATH REFLECTIONS by Lilla D. Avery

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 7, 1876

SABBATH REFLECTIONS.

By Lilla D. Avery

My soul is glad that the kingdom of immortal beauty is soon to be ushered in. That the present reign of corruption, sin and woe, of misery, of heart-breaking sighs, of trouble, fear, and sorrow, is soon to give place to the blissful reign of peace, joy, love, and never-ending felicity.

All hail! Glorious day of deliverance! Make haste and dawn. Dispel with thy beaming rays the moral darkness which envelops like a thick cloud this dreary earth. Give back to her weary ones that peace and joy that has been lost by disobedience. O my soul! thou canst but feebly realize the blessedness of an eternity at the right hand of God. Thou canst not comprehend the immensity of the sacrifice that was offered on Calvary's rugged mount for thee. Oh! the unbounded love, the “depth of mercy” that was shown by our adorable Redeemer! He is coming soon to complete the glorious plan of redemption. Yes; he's coming! coming! Coming to bring liberty to the captive; coming to raise the dead to life and immortality; coming to bring peace to earth's weary ones; coming to take vengeance on those who have refused the offers of mercy.

Yes; coming! coming! King of kings, and Lord of lords. Courage, weary pilgrim. Be strong, fear not, and soon the King in his beauty thine eyes shall see, and thou shalt behold the land that is very far off.

LILLA D. AVERY.