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He Will Be to Us a Sanctuary, December 13
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the
secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a
rock.
Psalm 27:5
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There is joy and consolation for the true-hearted, faithful Christian,
that the world knows not of. To them it is a mystery. The Christian’s hope
is big with immortality and full of glory. It reacheth to that within the veil,
and is as an anchor to the soul, both sure and steadfast. And when the
storm of God’s wrath shall come upon the ungodly, this hope will not fail
them, but they are hid as in the secret of His pavilion
There are troublous times before us; the judgments of God are coming
upon our world. The nations of the earth are to tremble. There will be
trials and perplexities on every hand; men’s hearts will fail them for fear.
And what shall we do in that day? Though the earth shall reel to and fro
like a drunkard, and be removed like a cottage, if we have made God our
trust, He will deliver us. “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most
High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” “Because thou hast
made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation;
there shall no evil befall thee.... For he shall give his angels charge over
thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Christ sees the termination of the conflict. The battle is waging more
and more fiercely. Soon He will come whose right it is, and will take
possession of all earthly things. All the confusion in our world, all the
violence and crime, are a fulfilment of the words of Christ. They are the
signs of the nearness of His coming. In that day of His coming, Christ will
preserve those who have followed Him, the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
He has pledged Himself to be their sanctuary. He says to them, Enter thou
into a safe retreat for a little moment, and hide thee until I shall cleanse
the earth from her iniquity
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20
The Youth’s Instructor, May 1, 1854
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21
The Review and Herald, March 15, 1887
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22
Letter 264, 1903
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