“Be not Faithless, but Believing.”
By L. M. GATES.
BRO. WHITE: The following is such good Advent doctrine, that I copy it for the Review, from the “Sunday-School Times.”
L. M. GATES. “The Lord has died; despond not. The Lord has risen; doubt not. The Lord is exalted; fear not. The Lord reigneth; hesitate not. The Lord returneth; delay not. Believe, and that with all simplicity and with all joy. Believe, and bring before him the wants of thine own heart and daily life, the daily requirements of thy soul: trust, and look upward. Believe, and bring before him the wants of thy friends, both for body and soul: trust, and look upward. Believe, and bring before him the wants of the church: trust, and look upward. Believe, and bring before him the wants of the world: and still, trustingly, look upward. “The night cometh, and also the morning.” Soon the Lord shall return, and thou shalt welcome him, thou, and all the saints; nay, earth itself, and all that dwell therein. Then occupy till he come; and if before that day dawn, thou art called to rest, lie down to sleep in hope of the blessed resurrection, and the coming of the Lord with ten thousand of his saints. Even so, Lord Jesus, come quickly!”—Dr. Edersheim.