“The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly.” Zeph. i, 14.
The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly—the day in which every transgression shall receive a just recompense of reward—the day to which the unjust are to be reserved to be punished—the day that will pass as the chaff before the fierce anger of the Lord. I propose to introduce a few passages of scripture where the day of the Lord is brought to view, in order to show its character, and to bring it before our minds, and then endeavor to show that it is near at hand and hasteth greatly.
“That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness.” Zeph. i, 15. It is to be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation. “And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bond-man and every free man hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?” Rev. vi, 15-17. “Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord saith thus: Wailing shall be in all streets, and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! And they shall call the husbandmen to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.” Amos v, 16. “For behold the day cometh that shall burn as an oven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble, and the day that cometh shall burn them up saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.” Mal. iv, 1. It is also to be a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness. Joel says, “Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand; a day of darkness and a day of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains.” Joel ii, 2. “Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness and not light? even very dark and no brightness in it.” Amos v, 20.
The heavens and the earth will probably shadow forth God’s vengeance—dark and ominous clouds will flit athwart the sky, causing it to be dark and gloomy—the sun and moon will be darkened and the stars withdraw their shining—the wicked will tremble—their knees smite together through fear, and all faces will gather blackness. And in the midst of this universal gloom, this ominous silence, suddenly the Lord will utter his voice. Yes, the Lord is to utter his voice again. He spoke once upon Mt. Sinai. “Whose voice then shook the earth, but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.” Heb. xii, 26. “Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.” Isa. xiii, 13. “And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army; for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word; for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?” Joel ii, 11.
But when will he come? When will the day of the Lord dawn upon our world? We think that the scriptures we have quoted have their application in our day and age of the world. We believe that the day of the Lord is near, and hasteth greatly. We will now introduce a few scriptures as a reason for the hope that is within us.
In Luke chap. xxi, we read of certain signs which are to precede that day, the last of which is “distress of nations with perplexity, and men’s hearts falling them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth.” This prophecy is now meeting its fulfillment—distress of nations abounds, not only distress, but distress with perplexity—the rulers know not what to do—how to alleviate the difficulty—the people are alarmed—they too are perplexed—with what avidity do they seek after the latest news—how eagerly do they devour the daily papers to learn whether there is any prospect of a speedy adjustment of our difficulties—their hearts fail them for fear, and for looking after the things which are coming on the earth.
I received a letter from a friend a short time since, who was lately, if not now, a member in one of the prominent churches of the day. With reference to the signs of the times and the present war he writes, “I believe fully half the advent doctrine, now; corruption, deceit, fraud, in general, every vice stalks broadcast through the churches unrebuked by ministers or laymen. What’s to be the end? God only knows. Nothing but war, war, war, in every man’s mouth!”
Does not this sound like the language of perplexity? I make this extract for the purpose of showing the feeling that pervades the minds of men. And again we find recorded in Jeremiah that “evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth, and the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; they shall not be lamented, neither gathered nor buried, they shall be dung upon the ground.” Jer. xxv, 32-34.
Is not that prophecy meeting its fulfillment now? Let us look at home at our once happy and prosperous nation, now being deluged with blood, and let it answer. Has not evil come upon this nation? And if we may credit the reports from the scenes of carnage, the people are fast losing that respect and natural affection which would prompt them to spare a wounded foe, or bury a slain enemy; for according to reports numbers of the wounded were run through with the bayonet, or had their throats cut, and their dead bodies left unburied upon the ground, paving the way for greater atrocities and for more inhuman and unfecing actions. If these reports are correct, or if not, the time will soon come when it will meet its fulfillment, for when brother can imbrue his hand in his brother’s blood, there is nothing too inhuman for him to do. Then if these reports are correct it is not only in part, a fulfillment of this prophecy, but one of the signs of the last days given by Paul in his second letter to Timothy, third chapter commencing at the first verse: “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come, for men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, truce-breakers,” &c. The order of the day among the nations is war, war! The proclamation in Joel iii, 9-11, is being proclaimed. “Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near, let them come up. Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong; assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about.” And again in Jeremiah xlvi, 9, 10, “Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Lybians that handle the shield, and the Lydians that handle and bend the bow; for this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood.”
Let us look at home at our once peaceable nation, and see if we cannot behold the fulfillment of this prophecy. Has there not been such a preparation of war and a waking up of mighty men in our own country within the last few months, as has had no precedent in the past? Congress has authorized the President to call out an army of 500,000 men, and voted $500,000,000 to carry on the war. And it has been estimated that there has already been not far from $200,000,000 expended, and scarcely a commencement made. This when compared with former wars is almost incredible. The Crimean war it is said cost only $84,000,000. The late Italian war cost but $47,000,000, and the late war in India cost $38,000,000. If we are correct in our estimates, the present war has already cost more than those three wars combined, and the “Ten Years War,” known in history as the French Revolution, cost only $220,000,000, being only about $30,000,000 more than has been expended by our government in a few months. Does not this look like preparing for war and waking up the mighty men, when a peaceable nation like ours prepares for war upon such a stupendous scale? It is not in our own nation only that this prophecy is meeting with its fulfillment. All the other nations have been and are still preparing for war more extensively than was ever before known in the history of the world. And were it not that the winds are being held until the servants of God are sealed, the battle of the great day of God Almighty would take place immediately. But soon the servants87of God will be sealed, and then our great High Priest will leave the heavenly Sanctuary, probation will have ended, the fiat will then go forth, “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still; and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still; and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” Rev. xxii, 11, 12.
There will then no longer be any mediator between God and man. The winds (powers of earth) will then be let loose—there will then no longer be a restraining power to hold them in check—then the great battle of Armageddon will be fought, in which blood will flow to the horses’ bridles—then the wrath of God will be poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation. Sinners may scoff and say, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation; but remember that the Lord is not slack concerning his promises. “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, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hastening unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.” 2 Pet. iii, 10-14.
Although the great day of the Lord is near and hasteth greatly, probation still lingers. Christ still pleads in the heavenly sanctuary. He is still an advocate before the Father, still willing to make intercession for us. It is yet true that “now is the accepted time, behold, now is the day of salvation;” but that day will soon, very soon, close. Christ will soon lay down the censer and take up the crown; soon lay off his priestly robes and be clothed in his kingly garments; soon “appear without sin unto salvation to those who look for him,” but “revealed in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
And in view of these things, and in order that you may escape the perils of the last days which are thickening around us, will you not make the Lord your refuge, even the Most High your habitation? If you will, you have the promise: “Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation; there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.” Ps. xci, 3-12.
JULIA A. DAYTON
By Julia A. Dayton
From Sister Dayton.
DEAR BRO. WHITE: It is now a little more than four months since I embraced the Advent doctrine and commenced to keep the holy Sabbath of the Lord. At that time I began to take the Review, and as my heart has been gladdened from week to week by its precious truths, and the cheering letters from the dear saints scattered abroad, I have often felt an earnest desire to throw in my testimony with theirs on the Lord's side, and thus bear a humble part among those who speak often one to another.
When Brn. Cornell and Lawrence came to this place six months ago, I was wasting my inheritance like the prodigal, and spending my time in the follies and pleasures of the world, and though the solemn truths of the third angel's message seemed very plain to me, my stubborn heart refused to yield until the lectures were nearly closed, when I resolved to seek my Father's house, and truly felt to say, Make me but as one of thy hired servants. My heart is filled with thankfulness to God for the loving-kindness and tender mercies toward me in permitting me to hear those saving truths, and I praise his holy name that I had a heart to obey them. I feel that the cause of present truth is near and dear to me, and I rejoice for the witness that I have passed from death unto life, inasmuch as I truly love God's people. Their joy makes me rejoice, and when they mourn I am grieved. I am striving to overcome sin, and it is my chief desire that I may be enabled by God's assisting grace to lay aside every weight, and put on the whole armor of God, and with patience endure to the end. I long to be filled with the Spirit that was in Christ, that I may be prepared for that glorious day when he will come to gather his ransomed ones home, for I want a share with the dear remnant in singing the songs of Zion. The way grows narrow, and new difficulties rise as I journey onward, but I feel to give up all for Christ, and willingly endure the frowns and scorn of the world, having a hope that maketh not ashamed.
There are but a few here who keep the holy88Sabbath, but there are enough to claim God's blessed promises to those who serve him in Spirit and in truth. We were much cheered and strengthened by a visit from Bro. Bates, and have organized a Sabbath-school and Bible-class, which prove very interesting and profitable. We have a prayer-meeting on the Sabbath, also on Wednesday-evening, and feel united in adopting Systematic Benevolence. We realize that to win the crown we must bear the cross. We are trying to arise and press forward in the work, and feel the deep responsibility that rests upon those who are striving to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. We hope to have the prayers of God's people, and, suffering with them here to rejoice with them hereafter, knowing he is faithful who has promised.
Yours in hope of eternal life,
JULIA A. DAYTON
Chesaning, Mich.
An Appeal to Overcome
By F. T. Wales
From Bro. Wales.
DEAR BRO. WHITE: I wish to improve a few moments in saying through the Review to my dear brethren whom I so much love, that I am still striving to overcome through the blood of the Lamb and the word of my testimony. Yes, dear brethren, the truth of the third angel's message looks more and more precious to me. I often feel as if I wanted my whole soul, body and spirit, engaged in the work. I thank God that he ever showed me his will concerning me, and I believe that he has; and by the grace of my Master I mean to do it. O, that I may be kept very humble. May the Lord help me to seek meekness, seek righteousness, so that it may be that I shall be hid in the day of the Lord's fierce anger. I often ask myself the question, Are we, as God's people, ready for that day of the Lord which hasteth greatly? I fear we are not. I was glad to hear the exhortation concerning fasting and prayer. I feel for one that there is much need of it.
Dear brethren, God will surely spew us out of his mouth if we do not arouse ourselves and be more engaged in this great work. Saith the Lord to the Laodicean church, “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot. I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich and increased in goods, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear, and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see.”
Now, dear brethren, shall we, while God's dear servants are beseeching and entreating us to take earnest heed to the counsel of the faithful and true Witness, be careless, and cold, and indifferent? O, no. We cannot be. By God's help we will take warning and arm ourselves for the conflict which is before us. Let us pray earnestly that the Lord may help us, the remnant church, to get the white raiment, the eye-salve, the gold tried in the fire, that we may be like a city set on a hill which cannot be hid. My prayer to God is to spare the remnant church.
Dear brethren, let us be ready for every good work at all times, and in all positions. I was much pleased when I read Bro. Sawyer's letter. I felt to thank God that there are a few in Israel that are willing to trust God a little further than they can see. O, how slow we are to trust our heavenly Father. God's saints who are farmers sometimes forget that with the least breath of his mouth he can blight the crops which they are trying to raise, or perhaps cause the prices of produce to suddenly fall before they had made sales. Also we mechanics sometimes forget that God can stop our success in making sales for our articles of manufacture, or suffer some of our customers to fail, perhaps, in making us payments punctually, or cause us to lose some employment which we expected, &c., and all this misfortune perhaps through unfaithfulness and want of trust in God. Perhaps in many cases a lack of bringing all the tithes into the storehouse of God. Prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground, neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
Yes, brethren, let us, as Paul says, be not slothful in business, but fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. Let us not be too fearful of not having enough for this or enough for that; but let us trust in God, be ready to every good word and work, be faithful soldiers for Christ, fight the good fight, keep the faith, make sure of eternal life, and go home and eat of the tree of life.
O, bless the Lord for the privilege of working in his glorious cause! O, blessed prospect, glorious hope of the children of God. O, I want to provide myself bags which wax not old, and lay up a treasure in heaven that faileth not. May the Lord bless his people and bring them up to mount Zion, and bring me up with them.
Your brother striving for eternal life.
F. T. WALES.
Melbourne, C. E.
OBITUARY.
By H. G. Buck
Justin Day, the subject of this notice, fell asleep in Jesus, July 22, 1861, at his residence in Chateaugay, Franklin Co., N. Y., aged 71 years and 12 days. His disease was dropsy and numb-palsy, from which he suffered much. A few days before his death, Bro. Day repeated these words, "I know that my Redeemer liveth," &c. Job xix, 25, 26. "There," said he, "I should like to have my funeral sermon preached from that text;" and so it was, by the writer to a large and attentive congregation. The Presbyterian friends kindly offering their house in the village, the funeral was held there. Bro. Taylor, of Rouses' Point, assisted in the services. H. G. Buck.
Grass River, St. Law. Co., N. Y.
The Gospel and Our Emptiness
The gospel brings forth all the fullness of God and sets it in opposition to our emptiness; it invites us to partake and be happy: only believe, all things are yours.
LETTERS.
“Then they that feared the Lord, spake often one to another.”
From Bro. Crous.
BRO. WHITE: I wish to say to the readers of the Review that I am striving to keep all the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, hoping with you to be an overcomer when our Saviour shall appear in the clouds of heaven to call forth his sleeping saints, and to redeem those who are ready and waiting for his return. It cheers us much to read the testimonies of our brethren and sisters of like faith. All the preaching we have is the paper. It is truly a welcome visitor. My companion and myself are all the Seventh-day Adventists there are in this place. We have to bear a great share of persecution, but the Lord has promised to be with us in six troubles, and in the seventh not to forsake us. The professors of religion here say our example tends to demoralize. They say we ought to go with the majority of christians, so there would be union in the churches. One minister said it was sophism to say that christians do not go to heaven when they die, and sinners to torment. To prove his position he quoted 1 Thess. iii, 13, and Jude 14, then asked the question, If the saints do not go to heaven when they die how can they come with Christ? He quoted Rev. xx, 13 to prove the wicked go to hell at death, then asked the same question. We think the facts contained in 1 Thess. iii, 13, if carefully examined, would destroy his position, from the fact that when Jesus comes on the white cloud, there will be some living saints on the earth which could not come with him. Will some of the messengers of truth please notice the above texts in the Review for our instruction.
Yours striving to overcome, so when the Life-giver comes we may be ready.
WM. F. CROUS.
Appleton, Ohio.
NOTE.—The word rendered saints in the texts referred to means simply the holy ones, and we think refers to the angels. A similar expression occurs in Deut. xxxiii, 2, where it must refer to the angels.
Extracts from Letters.
Sister S. A. Snyder writes from Dallas, Pa. : "I love the Review for the precepts and the truths it contains. It has been like a sweet messenger to me in opening my mind to the truths of the Bible. It is so cheering to hear from brethren and sisters scattered abroad over the land whom we have never seen. I feel that we are made nigh by the blood of Christ. I have never heard a sermon on the Sabbath, and don't know that I ever shall. I am the only one in this entire vicinity that keeps it, yet I hail it with delight, and I regard it, as the prophet says, a delight and honorable. My trust is in him who hath said, I will not suffer thee to be tempted above what you are able to bear, but will in the midst of temptation make a way for escape. If any of the messengers should come this way, don't forget us, for we would appreciate it highly to see the face of one before the coming of the Son of man. I think it cannot be long before the earth will be fully ripe and ready for harvest. May I be prepared and rest with you all in that kingdom which God has prepared for them that love him."
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A Testimony of Consecration
By Mary Brackett
From Sr. Brackett.
DEAR BRO. WHITE: I have felt for some time that it might be duty for me to throw in my feeble testimony with the dear remnant; feeling however my inability, and seeing so many that are so capable withholding, I feel fearful that I may be out of my place, but knowing this is an individual work in which we are engaged, I venture to write to let you know that I am daily trying to overcome, that I may at last get the gold tried in the fire that I may be rich, the white raiment that I may be clothed, and the eye-salve that I may see my duty day by day.
We as a church feel the need of greater consecration and a closer walk with God. We meet together every Sabbath, and feel that to meet is not in vain. We had a very solemn and heart-searching meeting last Sabbath on fast-day. We truly felt that it was good to humble ourselves by fasting and turning to the Lord.
I feel that I could not do without the Review. I love the cheering words of comfort and encouragement that visit us from week to week. I see a brother Harmon calls for the paper; for this I do rejoice to see the honest in heart coming out and acknowledging the truth as it is written. I believe he speaks the feelings of many that have not yet ventured to throw away the traditions and commandments of men.
I united with the Presbyterian church when I was eighteen. I walked with them for nineteen years. My mind then became much exercised on the subject of baptism. I united with the Baptist church in Marshall. I was a member there thirteen years, and felt well satisfied until Bro. Frisbie came to lecture in a district adjoining us, four years ago last Spring. I went to hear with my mind much prejudiced; but when I saw the Bible held up and made so plain, my prejudice soon gave way, and I was led to see the beauty of God's work, and from that time forward have been made to rejoice in the precious truth, walking in all the Lord's commandments and striving for the faith of Jesus.
I do feel to rejoice that I ever heard this glorious truth; and oh, shall I be found worthy to have an humble place with the children of God?
Your unworthy sister,
MARY BRACKETT.
Convis, Mich.
A P P O I N T M E N T S.
Appointment for Canada.
We are very much pleased with the appointment of Bro. White in regard to a general conference in Northern Vermont or Canada. We would inform the brethren that the conference will be held in North Sutton, Canada East. We would have written sooner if we had not been obliged to consult a committee who had previously been appointed to decide when and where a yearly conference should be held. We extend an invitation to the brethren in Vermont, Canada, and Northern New York, and to so many more as can attend. Come, brethren and sisters, let us go to this conference prepared to work for the Lord, and to take such steps as will conduce to the happiness and prosperity of Zion, and glorify the great Head of the church.
By order and in behalf of the church,
A. C. BOURDEAU.
D. T. BOURDEAU.
P. S. We will meet Bro. and sister White with a team at St Albans depot, Vt., Tuesday, the 20th inst.
D. T. B.
Providence permitting, Bro. and sister White will hold meetings in Northern New York, 17 & 18; Northern Vermont or Canada, 24 and 25.
Appointment for Northern New York.
The meeting for Northern New York, August 17 and 18, appointed by Bro. White, will be held at Buck's Bridge. A general attendance of the brethren and sisters is requested.
H. HILLIARD.
Providence permitting, we will hold meetings in La Porte, Ind., August 17 and 18, North Liberty, 24 and 25, as the brethren may appoint.
JOSEPH BATES.