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Testimonies for the Church Volume 8
The Lord is soon to come, and we must be prepared to meet Him
in peace. Let us be determined to do all in our power to impart light
to those around us. We are not to be sad, but cheerful, and we are to
keep the Lord Jesus ever before us. He is soon coming, and we must
be ready and waiting for His appearing. Oh, how glorious it will be
to see Him and be welcomed as His redeemed ones! Long have we
waited, but our hope is not to grow dim. If we can but see the King in
His beauty we shall be forever blessed. I feel as if I must cry aloud:
“Homeward bound!” We are nearing the time when Christ will come
in power and great glory to take His ransomed ones to their eternal
home.
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“And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have
waited for Him, and He will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited
for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.”
Isaiah 25:9
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“Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the
people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a
standard for the people. Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the
end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation
cometh; behold, His reward is with Him, and His work before Him.
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And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord:
and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.”
Isaiah
62:10-12
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In the great closing work we shall meet with perplexities that we
know not how to deal with; but let us not forget that the three great
powers of heaven are working, that a divine hand is on the wheel, and
that God will bring His promises to pass. He will gather from the
world a people who will serve Him in righteousness.
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