Chapter 68—Sharing in the Joys of the Redeemed
There is reward for the wholehearted, unselfish workers who enter
this field, and also for those who contribute willingly for their support.
Those engaged in active service in the field, and those who give of their
means to sustain these workers, will share the reward of the faithful.
Every wise steward of the means entrusted to him, will enter into
the joy of his Lord. What is this joy?—“Likewise, I say unto you,
there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that
repenteth.” There will be a blessed commendation, a holy benediction,
on the faithful winners of souls. They will join the rejoicing ones in
heaven, who shout the harvest home.
How great will be the joy when the redeemed of the Lord shall
all meet,—gathered into the mansions prepared for them! O, what
rejoicing for all who have been impartial, unselfish laborers together
with God in carrying forward His work in the earth! What satisfaction
will every reaper have, when the clear, musical voice of Jesus shall be
heard, saying, “Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” “Enter thou into
the joy of thy Lord.”
The Redeemer is glorified because He has not died in vain. With
glad, rejoicing hearts, those who have been colaborers with God see of
the travail of their soul for perishing, dying sinners, and are satisfied.
The anxious hours they have spent, the perplexing circumstances they
have had to meet, the sorrow of heart because some refused to see and
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receive the things which make for their peace, are forgotten. The self-
denial they have practiced in order to support the work, is remembered
no more. As they look upon the souls they sought to win to Jesus, and
see them saved, eternally saved—monuments of God’s mercy and of a
Redeemer’s love—there ring through the arches of heaven shouts of
praise and thanksgiving.—
The Review and Herald, October 10, 1907
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