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To Weep or to Rejoice?, January 31
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Jeremiah 8:20
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I appeal to the members of our churches not to disregard the fulfilling
of the signs of the times, which say so plainly that the end is near. O, how
many who have not cared for the salvation of their souls will soon make the
bitter lamentation, “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are
not saved!”
O, that we would remember that it is court week with us, and that our
cases are pending! Now is the time to watch and pray, to put away all self-
indulgence, all pride, all selfishness. The precious moments that are now by
many worse than wasted should be spent in meditation and prayer. Many of
those who profess to be keeping the commandments of God are following
inclination instead of duty. As they are now, they are unworthy of eternal
life. To these careless, indifferent ones, I would say, Your vain thoughts,
your unkind words, your selfish acts, are recorded in the book of heaven.
The angels that were present at Belshazzar’s idolatrous revelry stand beside
you as you dishonor your Redeemer. Sadly they turn away, grieved that you
should thus crucify Him afresh, and put Him to open shame....
On Christ’s coronation day He will not acknowledge as His any who
bear spot or wrinkle or any such thing. But to His faithful ones He will give
crowns of immortal glory. Those who would not that He should reign over
them will see Him surrounded by the army of the redeemed, each of whom
bears the sign, The Lord Our Righteousness. They will see the head once
crowned with thorns crowned with a diadem of glory.
In that day the redeemed will shine forth in the glory of the Father and
His Son. The angels of heaven, touching their golden harps, will welcome
the King, and those who are the trophies of His victory—those who have
been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb. A song of triumph
will peal forth, filling all heaven. Christ has conquered. He enters the
heavenly courts accompanied by His redeemed ones, the witnesses that His
mission of suffering and self-sacrifice has not been in vain.
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