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sentence and then paused while the words were rolling through the
earth.”
This is a portion of the paragraph. The statements in pages 11 and
27 [pages 15 and 34, present edition] refer to the same time. They
contain all that I have ever been shown in regard to the definite time of
the Lord’s coming. I have not the slightest knowledge as to the time
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spoken by the voice of God. I heard the hour proclaimed, but had no
remembrance of that hour after I came out of vision. Scenes of such
thrilling, solemn interest passed before me as no language is adequate
to describe. It was all a living reality to me, for close upon this scene
appeared the great white cloud, upon which was seated the Son of
man.—
Letter 38, 1888
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An Early View of Jets of Light
In my very girlhood the Lord saw fit to open before me the glories
of heaven. I was in vision taken to heaven, and the angel said to me,
“Look!” I looked to the world as it was in dense darkness. The agony
that came over me was indescribable as I saw this darkness.
Again the word came, “Look ye.” And again I looked intensely over
the world, and I began to see jets of light like stars dotted all through
this darkness; and then I saw another and another added light, and so
all through this moral darkness the star-like lights were increasing.
And the angel said, “These are they that believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and are obeying the words of Christ. These are the light of the
world; and if it were not for these lights, the judgments of God would
immediately fall upon the transgressors of God’s law.” I saw then these
little jets of light growing brighter, shining forth from the east and the
west, from the north and the south, and lighting the whole world.
Occasionally one of these lights would begin to grow dim, and
others would go out, and every time this occurred there was sadness
and weeping in heaven. And some of the lights would grow brighter
and brighter, and their brightness was far-reaching, and many more
lights were added to it. Then there was rejoicing in heaven. I saw that
the rays of light came directly from Jesus, to form these precious jets
of light in the world.—
Gospel Workers, 378-379
(1892 edition).
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