THE THREE SHOUTS by Max Hill

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Mar 27, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 13.

THE THREE SHOUTS.

By Max Hill

IN the great day of the coming of the King in the clouds of heaven, three great shouts will be commingled. The first to be sounded will be the triumphant shout of the Saviour Himself, which like a mighty trumpet-blast will be heard in every part of the earth, by every soul. So great will be this shout that it will call from their graves the sleeping saints.

These join with the living saints, and together they shout their welcome to their Redeemer. Their shout will be, "Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us; this is the Lord; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation."

At the same time another shout will be raised, a shout of awful and utter wo and agony. From the throats of the wicked of earth, who can not bear the consuming glory of the coming Judge of all, will rise the wail of the lost, to the rocks and the mountains: "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of His wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"

All men will hear the first great shout, but O how different will be the effect. One will hear it with joy, the other with sorrow untold. One will meet it with an answering shout of assurance and faith, the other with an agonized wail of wo. All may know with which company they will stand in that day, but only those who know the Saviour now will meet Him then in peace.

Max Hill.