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A GLORIOUS THING

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 25, 1856

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 9, No. 8.

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A GLORIOUS THING.

As John Foster approached the close of life, and felt his strength gradually stealing away, he remarked on his increasing weakness, and added, "But I can pray, and that is a glorious thing." Truly a glorious thing; more glorious than atheist or pantheist can ever pretend to. To look up to an omnipotent Father, to speak to him, love him; to stretch up as a babe from the cradle, that he may lift his child in his everlasting arms to the resting-place of his own bosom—this is the portion of the dying Christian. He was overheard thus speaking with himself: "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!" The eye of the terror-crowned was upon him, and thus he defied him.