To the Remnant Scattered Abroad
As God has shown me in holy vision the travels of the Advent
people to the Holy City, and the rich reward to be given those who
wait the return of their Lord from the wedding, it may be my duty to
give you a short sketch of what God has revealed to me. The dear
saints have got many trials to pass through. But our light afflictions,
which are but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory—while we look not at the things which are
seen, for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which
are not seen are eternal. I have tried to bring back a good report, and a
few grapes from the heavenly Canaan, for which many would stone
me, as the congregation bade stone Caleb and Joshua for their report,
(
Numbers 14:10
.) But I declare to you, my brethren and sisters in the
Lord, it is a goodly land, and we are well able to go up and possess it.
While praying at the family altar, the Holy Ghost fell on me, and
I seemed to be rising higher and higher, far above the dark world. I
turned to look for the Advent people in the world, but could not find
them—when a voice said to me, “Look again, and look a little higher.”
At this I raised my eyes and saw a straight and narrow path, [
Matthew
7:14
.] cast up high above the world. On this path the Advent people
were travelling to the City, which was at the farther end of the path.
They had a bright light set up behind them at the first end of the path,
which an angel told me was the Midnight Cry. [
Matthew 25:6
.] This
light shone all along the path, and gave light for their feet so they
might not stumble. And if they kept their eyes fixed on Jesus, who was
just before them, leading them to the City, they were safe. But soon
some grew weary, and they said the City was a great way off, and they
expected to have entered it before. Then Jesus would encourage them
by raising his glorious right arm, and from his arm came a glorious
light which waved over the Advent band, and they shouted Hallelujah!
Others rashly denied the light behind them, and said that it was not
God that had led them out so far. The light behind them went out
leaving their feet in perfect darkness, and they stumbled and got their
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