COMING AGAIN by Charles P. Whitford

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 19, 1877

COMING AGAIN.

By Charles P. Whitford

Our dear Saviour, in answer to the important inquiry, “When shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of the world?” says, “When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” Matt. 24:3; Luke 21:28. The promised signs have been seen first in the heavens. God has hung them out, to the astonishment of the infidel world; penciled in lines of fire, pillars of fire, and clouds of vapor and smoke. The signs have since been seen on the earth beneath, distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them for fear.

According to the fulfillment of promised signs, the time evidently must be near when our dear Lord will come again. Now it remains for us to watch soberly, and not to be over-charged with those things about which our Lord has warned us. Let us not cast away our confidence, nor be ashamed of our hope which hath a recompense of so great a reward. Oh! let not this world be a snare to us, neither suffer the unbelievers in these great truths to beguile us; for in a little while the wicked shall not be. Ps. 37:10; Obad. 16; Mal. 4:1.

CHARLES P. WHITFORD.