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The Blessed Hope

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 3, 1860

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 16, No. 7.

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The Blessed Hope

Sister H. Kimble writes from Pontiac, Mich.: "I begin to see the necessity of giving up the world and making ready for the soon coming of our Lord and Saviour. It is a blessed privilege to leave all for God and his cause; a rich consolation to know that we may lay up a treasure in heaven; that there is a way possible for our escape from the blight of sin and the curse, and a rest for the faithful in the kingdom of our Father. I look forward with a ray of hope to this blessed fruition. I want to participate in the visit to the Father's house. The saints will soon go. The place is almost prepared. The Lord will soon come. Those who have a form of godliness may call this heresy; but Paul calls it the blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Praise the Lord for such a hope! the hope of seeing the Father, the blessed Jesus, the holy angels, the patriarchs, prophets, apostles, and all the martyrs who have laid down their lives for the cause of Christ; the hope of being made immortal! It is enough!
"O, I long to be there, and the thought that 'tis near, Makes me almost impatient for Christ to appear."