Things Revealed by E. Styles

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 16, 1862

Things Revealed.

By E. Styles

THE Lord does not desire that we should live in ignorance. He has therefore furnished us in the most ample manner with the means of useful knowledge in his holy book. That reveals to us the fate of empires, the fate of this world, and the fate of man. We all have that blessed book, and if we look over its pages, it will tell us what we are and what we must be. We see the blessings, or the woes, that must be our portion. The fall of the kingdoms of this world we find exactly described. Would we know the fate of the world in which we live? We have there the best information. We are there informed by the Lord himself, of the great things he will perform. We are told that the time is near at hand when the Lord shall descend in glory, with all the holy angels. Then those that sleep in Jesus shall God bring with him from the dead; "for the dead in Christ shall rise first;" then the living saints shall be changed, and shall be caught up to meet him in the air, so shall they ever be with the Lord. He will cut off the wicked, and save the righteous, because they trust in him; and we shall be kings and priests unto God, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

We are informed in this holy book that the earth shall be, for a time, utterly desolate, without inhabitant; but the new heavens and earth which the Lord shall make, will so far excel the old earth that it shall not come into mind, or the old will not compare with the new.

That book tells us also that the Lord's watchmen shall see eye to eye; that they shall lift up their voices together, and sing in the ways of Jehovah, when he shall bring again Zion. I long for that time when the church shall look forth as the morn, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners.

Yes, the Lord shall reign until iniquity shall pass away; and in the coming kingdom righteousness shall be exalted until it shall run down as streams. Then the Lord our king shall reign over all the earth; and the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Then will we go up from Sabbath to Sabbath, to worship the Lord of hosts. Then nations shall learn war no more, confused noise shall not be heard, nor garments be seen rolled in blood. They shall learn war no more; but they shall sit every man under his vine and fig-tree, and none shall make them afraid; for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.

These things are worth living for. Then, "Wake up, brother, wake up sister, Seek a pure a holy state; None but holy ones can enter, Through the pure, celestial gate."

O backslider, look round! Rouse, and gird on the armor. The Lord is coming with crowns of glory; and if you cannot endure these light afflictions, how can you receive the crown prepared for those who come up out of great tribulation? Now is the time for the Lord's people to come up to the work.

E. STYLES.

North Liberty, Ind.