The Loud Cry by G.

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 21, 1865

The Loud Cry.

By G.

EVERY day we come a little nearer to that long-wished-for hour, the loud voice of the Third Angel's Message. Time may sometimes seem to hang heavily on our hands, its wheels may roll too slow for our impulsive natures, but in due time the mighty manifestation will come. Yes, the whole earth will yet be lightened with the glorious effulgence of God's saving truth.

Says the apostle, "Here are they that keep the commandments of God, and have the faith of Jesus," and here also is the PATIENCE of the saints. A great work now devolves upon the remnant, and how are we "straitened" till it is accomplished. But a little from this and Zion will "arise and shine," for the coming glory of the Lord will rest upon her. Yes, weary, waiting, suffering pilgrim, Jesus will come. Not long shall the faithful dwell in these low boggy grounds of sin; and once delivered, we shall have rest in the paradise of God. As the poet exclaims,

"Oh that beautiful home!"

And the loud cry will come. Pentecost, "the former rain," will be as far exceeded by the "latter rain," the great "refreshing from the presence of the Lord," as the shouts and triumphs of a 144,000 will exceed those of a "hundred and twenty." Our trials will at last end, and Heaven's bright morning rays will beam out on the pathway of the righteous.

O ye pilgrims to Mount Zion, take courage and look up, for the great reviving is nearing; then will the battle-marked armor of the Christian warrior be laid by, and the plaintive notes of the mourning saints be exchanged for the song of Moses and the Lamb. Who would not be a Christian then? What an inviting prospect awaits the patient overcomer,—"He shall inherit all things."

Our compassionate High Priest is now for a little season in the Holy of Holies, but soon his ministration will be finished, the saints of God will be sealed, and Jesus will come forth "to bless the people." Who will be in a watching position to discern the tinkling of the bells on his garment? Not those who are immersed in the cares of this life, surely. May it be ours to have our lamps trimmed, and our loins girt about. "Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!" Yes, Heaven's latter rain, in "showers of rain to every one grass in the field," (Zech. x, 1,) will soon ripen the great harvest of saints, and the "covenant of peace" will be formed with those who go to be guests at the marriage table of the Lamb.

"Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord; his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth." Hos. vi, 3.

Lord, speed the glad day!