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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 15, 1857

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 10, No. 24.

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Last Things.

The last words of the Old Testament are a fearful threatening: "Lest I come and smite the earth with a curse."
The last words of the New Testament are a benediction: "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen."
The last words of Christ before his ascension are a glorious promise: "Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen."
Often the wicked despise the last offer of mercy made them, more than any preaching they ever heard. When I have seen friends wiping away the clammy sweat from the brow of a dying man who had long rejected salvation, or moistening his lips with a little water, I have often trembled lest it should be the last mercy he should ever receive.
It seldom happens that the last thing done by one who has led a wicked life, is to repent and turn to God.
The last words of sinners often teach the very lesson which they have ever refused to learn.—Banner & Advocate.