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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 23, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 54, No. 18.

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JUDGMENT AND JUSTICE.

By Mrs. Wm. W. Chase

“Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.” Isa. 56:1.
There are four very important things spoken of in this verse. If we understand the prophetic chains aright, and we have now reached the last link of all those chains, then certainly we must be living very near the close of our probation, and the end of all things spoken by all the holy prophets since the world began; and this scripture just quoted must apply to the generation now living. How important, then, that we examine ourselves to see if we are keeping judgment, and doing justice to ourselves and to our fellow-beings. If we are doing so, the Lord will surely fulfill his part; and as Simeon and Anna waited for the consolation of Israel, and saw their hopes realized, so may we that are waiting and watching for our Saviour’s second coming, have our hopes realized in seeing his salvation come and his righteousness revealed. Oh, what a revelation that will be! We shall see our Saviour as he is, and be made like unto him. Then shall we know the height and depth of a Saviour’s love. Then shall we see God’s righteousness revealed, and the claims of his just and holy law vindicated.
The psalmist says: “Thy commandments are exceeding broad.” May we strive to realize their breadth and conform our lives to them, that we may also say with the psalmist, “O how love I thy law, it is my meditation all the day.” Let us seek meekness, that we may claim the promise of God, “The meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek will he teach his way.”
I would ask the unconverted if they are doing justice to themselves when they neglect to accept the salvation that God has provided for them. He says, “What could have been done more in my vineyard that I have not done?” If we fail to obtain eternal life, it will be our own evil natures and desires that have kept us from it. Why cannot we be wise, and deny self of things that are not for our good, and so live that we may obtain a home where sickness, sorrow, pain, and death will never come, and a life that will never end. Why not so live that we may have an abundant entrance to those mansions which our Saviour has gone to prepare for those that love him!”
MRS. WM. W. CHASE.