I will Come Again by Geo. Wright

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 2, 1862

I will Come Again.

By Geo. Wright

Of all the precious promises that fell from the lips of our blessed Lord, from his sermon on the mount to his last prayer on the cross, none are sweeter to my soul, or administer more comfort to my heart amid the varied vicissitudes of life than this. I go and prepare a place for you. I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I am there ye may be also. John xiv, 3.

To the way-worn pilgrim in this vale of tears while pressing on to his native country, how cheering is the thought that this sweet promise will soon be realized by the visible, literal, personal coming of the Son of God. Then will these poor, vile bodies, so subject to disease and death, be changed and fashioned like the glorious body of that dear Saviour who is now interceding for us. Then shall the righteous shine forth in the kingdom of their Father. I fear that many of us are sleeping at our post, and few are fully awake to the impending judgments that are about to burst upon a world lying in wickedness. Anon the storm will come, and who will be able to stand? is the solemn question. Let the Lord by his prophet answer: Say ye to the righteous, it shall be well with him. Yes, a covering will be provided for them. Fear not, little flock, says the Saviour, it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

How vividly does the apostle Peter describe the closing scene. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat; the earth also, and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, ye ought by a holy and pious course of life to expect with eagerness the presence of the day of God. Wakefield's version.

Dear brethren, let us double our diligence to make our peace, calling, and election sure. Let the watchword be, The Lord is coming. Let us strengthen each other's faith by conversing, writing, praying with and for each other, about this glorious event.

I love the Advent doctrine. It is dearer to me than all this mortal life can bestow. Having been associated directly and indirectly for the last eighteen years with the Advent people, I can say, Their joys are mine; their sorrows are my sorrows; their hope is my hope; and I expect if faithful to share with them in the glory soon to be revealed. Let us heed the exhortation of the beloved disciple, And now, little children, abide in him; that when he shall appear we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. 1 John ii, 28.

“Christ, the Lord, will come again, None shall wait for him in vain, I shall then his glory see, Christ will come, and call for me.”

GEO. WRIGHT. Lapeer, Mich.