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never forget. We will let this bereavement make us more kind and
gentle, more forbearing, patient, and thoughtful toward the living.
I take up my life work alone, in full confidence that my Redeemer
will be with me. We have only a little while to wage the warfare;
then Christ will come, and this scene of conflict will close. Then our
last efforts will have been made to work with Christ, and advance
His kingdom. Some who have stood in the forefront of the battle,
zealously resisting incoming evil, fall at the post of duty; the living
gaze sorrowfully at the fallen heroes, but there is no time to cease
work. They must close up the ranks, seize the banner from the hand
palsied by death, and with renewed energy vindicate the truth and the
honor of Christ.
As never before, resistance must be made against sin—against
the powers of darkness. The time demands energetic and determined
activity on the part of those who believe present truth. If the time seems
long to wait for our Deliverer to come; if, bowed by affliction and
worn with toil, we feel impatient to receive an honorable release from
the warfare, let us remember—and let the remembrance check every
murmur—that we are left on earth to encounter storms and conflicts,
to perfect Christian character, to become better acquainted with God
our Father, and Christ our elder Brother, and to do work for the Master
in winning many souls to Christ. “They that be wise shall shine as the
brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness
as the stars forever and ever.”
Daniel 12:3
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