Stirring Themes | AdventAI

California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists · Oakland, Cal. · Apr 15, 1875

Stirring Themes.

WM. MILLER, in 1846, spoke as follows of the good promises of God to his people. They are as good now as then; and as good to us as to him:—

‘‘I am feeding on the old promises yet.—The coming of the same Jesus, a glorious hope.—The resurrection of our same bodies, a blessed prospect.—The inheritance of the same earth, a good promise.—The possession of immortality and eternal life, thrilling consideration.—A union of the whole family of Heaven and earth whose names are enrolled in the saints' book of life, a brilliant idea.—Living with Christ, happy thought.—Without sin, blissful contemplation.—Where the wicked cease from troubling, a peaceful abode.—And where the weary shall be at rest, an eternal Sabbath.—The restitution of all things, glorious redemption, a Jubilee, a victory of our King—no more death, pain, fear; all evil banished, all glory revealed at his coming. If these things are not good news enough to fill the soul with love and gratitude to God for ages yet to come, then such men will never be satisfied with any bliss in the power of God to give. And yet, strange as it may seem, many of our Advent brethren are dissatisfied, uneasy, and impatient to find something new or strange, and are making to themselves theories which are not true, and gods that are no gods. Well might the apostle say (James 5 : 8, 9), ‘Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold the Judge standeth at the door.’ They are like the children of Israel in the wilderness, saying, ‘Make us gods to go before us; for as for this man Moses we wot not what has become of him.’ Why can we not walk out by faith? May we be sober and hope to the end.’