THE HOUR OF HIS JUDGMENT.
By Susan Elmer
GRAND and awful thought! Momentous time! when every act is to pass in quick succession before our Judge. Decisive hour! And shall we be careless and unconcerned? When the Saviour has said that for every idle word we must give account, shall we join in idle or unprofitable conversation? When we are told that by our words we shall be condemned, and by our words be justified, can we insult the Majesty of heaven in trifling away our last moments in foolish and inconsiderate language! While we are told that by patient continuance in well doing we shall receive glory, honor, eternal life, shall we by murmurings, or disputings, or the neglect of duty, forfeit all right to heaven? Rather let us arise and renew our covenant with God, heed the faithful admonitions given, get in the place where we are continually approved of our heavenly Father, live by faith on the Son of God, and thus be prepared for the refreshing which is so soon to fall upon God's waiting people, pass through the time of trouble and see the King in his beauty, and finally, with all the redeemed, inherit the kingdom prepared for them from the foundation of the world.