Holding Fast to the Blessed Word
Sister P. D. Lawrence writes from Falmouth, Mass.: "I am still holding on to the blessed word of the Lord, which shines more and more brilliant as the darkness is more dense. I feel that a study of it is more and more necessary as we encounter the trials which we meet, as we are drawing near port. When popular preachers tell me that God can consistently send the wicked to hell every day, because he has a judgment every day, I can tell them, according to God's word that he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world; and when they tell me that the wicked are always dying and never dead, I can read in God's word that they shall die; for God only hath immortality. We can see what seem to be indications of the fulfillment of the prophecy of Jeremiah [chap. xxv], when the slain will lie from one end to the other end of the earth, and not be lamented, nor gathered, nor buried, when the shepherds will howl, and the principal of the flock cry. "I am alone and lonely, but thank God that am not confined with unbelievers. I can say that I love my Jesus, and all those saints who love him also. I rejoice that I shall soon see the faces of those who sleep, and those who are all alone like myself. I know how to pity them. But I am unworthy. I have no claim on God; but in Jesus there is salvation. Precious Saviour! I am hoping to be more like him every day, but often get almost discouraged, and pray God to arouse me, and quicken and fit me for the coming kingdom."