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Hastening Christ’s Coming, November 25
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 hasting unto the coming of the day of God.
2 Peter 3:11, 12
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I was in England at the time of the queen’s jubilee. [
Queen victoria’s
golden jubilee in 1887.
] Her picture was in all the windows, upon paper,
upon glass, on everything. Everything was done to keep her in the memory
and thoughts of the people. Such parades! Thousands and thousands and
thousands of dollars expended upon that occasion. Why, the people paid
dollars, just for a place to sit in the windows and see the parade. Two or three
hundred dollars paid for a position in a window to see the queen.
I was right there in London when this excitement took place. It made me
sad.... They had the right to do this, but I thought: ...Here we are looking for
the Lord to come in the clouds of heaven. Do we keep Him in mind? If we
really believe in Jesus, if we really believe in His coming, if we are abiding
in Christ, we shall not be complaining about every little cross. We shall be
thinking of what Christ our Saviour has done in our behalf. As we look at
the cross of Calvary, our petty vexations will vanish from sight. Why should
we not as Christians lift Him up, the Man of Calvary? Why, Christ laid aside
His robes of glory, and for our sakes He became poor. He was rich, and He
became poor, that through His poverty we might become rich.
That sacrifice will be lost to us, unless we lay hold upon Christ by faith.
We have no righteousness of ourselves at all. All the prophecies show us
that the end of all things is at hand. Let us be getting our hearts right before
God....
There is a life beyond. An eternity. A life of happiness. No death can
enter there. There will be no malarial taint there. No sickness, or pain or
sorrow. Do you not want to be there? The streets are paved with gold, and
you will see the King in His glory. I must be there. I must see the King in His
majesty. Don’t lead people to believe they can go there and take their sins
right along. The characters must be changed here. We must learn to sing the
songs of redemption here, if we ever sing the songs of redemption in heaven.
Sing of God’s goodness. Talk of His power.—
Manuscript 20, November 25,
1888
, “A Good Sermon.”
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