Preparing for Christ's Coming
By T. H. Moffet
BRO. SMITH: I wish to say to the brethren and sisters scattered abroad that my faith in the promises of God is still strong. I believe with all my heart that our blessed Lord will soon come. Shall I be ready? The hundred and forty-four thousand will be ready to meet their coming Lord, and will receive palms of victory while the wicked will hide themselves in caves and holes, and cry for the rocks and mountains to fall on them and hide them from the wrath of the Lamb and from the face of him that sitteth upon the throne. Before going away, Jesus promised his disciples that he would come again and receive them to himself, that where he was there they might be also, and gave certain signs by which we might know when to look for his coming. Many of those signs are in the past, and others are fulfilling before our eyes. May the Lord help us to discern the signs of the times, and get ready to be numbered among the jewels of the Lord. I sometimes feel nearly discouraged, my progress is so slow, and I know that our sins must all be put away. God will have a pure and holy people, and he will pour out his Spirit upon them; they will then speak the truth boldly as Peter did on the day of Pentecost. But shall I be ready to take part in this great work? for all will have something to do. O that I could run more swiftly the race that is set before me. I long for more of the fullness of God. O that I may have a deep hungering and thirsting after righteousness. There are some here that seem to have some interest for the truth, and love to read the paper. May God's blessing ever be on the paper, and those that are engaged in editing and publishing it. Your brother in Christ.
T. H. MOFFET.
Huntsbury, Ohio.