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Reward of Earnest Effort
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It will not be long till we shall see Him in whom our hopes of
eternal life are centered. And in His presence, all the trials and suf-
ferings of this life will be as nothingness. “Cast not away therefore
your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward. For ye
have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye
might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and He that shall
come will come, and will not tarry.”
Verses 35-37
. Look up, look
up, and let your faith continually increase. Let this faith guide you
along the narrow path that leads through the gates of the city of God
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into the great beyond, the wide, unbounded future of glory that is for
the redeemed. “Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of
the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of
the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and
latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming
of the Lord draweth nigh.”
James 5:7, 8
.