The Last Message of Mercy
By Editor
WE make the following extract from a letter from Bro. L. M. Jones to Bro. White: "Dear Bro., I do rejoice in the blessed prospect which lies before us. Yet a little while and he that is to come will come and will not tarry. O can it be possible that the last message of mercy is now being given? yes I believe it with all my heart; and if so, it certainly follows that we are now living in the Laodicean church; but the world will not believe these things, neither will the churches. No, no: they laugh and even scoff at the idea of the coming of the Son man; but the Lord is in this work and no man can stop it! Praise God for the prospect before the remnant! I believe the cry will soon be heard, Watchman, what of the night! Watchman, what of the night! The watchman said, The morning cometh and also the night. Yes I believe the bright resurrection morn will soon come. The sleeping saints will be called from their dusty beds and we that are alive and remain will be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye. We shall pass over the sea of glass, and finally stand upon mount Zion. But those who are found fighting against God's word and trying to do away with his commandments will have to take up with the bitter lamentation, The harvest is past, the Summer is ended and we are not saved,—that long sleep of death to those who are weighed in the balance and found wanting. O solemn thought! Where will be their excuse? what can they say? I answer, Not one word, only rocks and mountains fall on us. They have had line upon line, precept upon precept. They have been faithfully warned to flee from the wrath to come; but they heed it not. It seems to be an idle tale. As it was in the days of Noah so shall it be in the days of the Son of man. O Lord help thy children to stand out in all the sun-light of this blessed truth. For one I mean to confess all my sins that they may go beforehand to judgment. I mean to have the seal of the living God. I mean by God's grace assisting to enter in through the gates into the city and there sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. O blessed hope!"