“Behold, I Come Quickly”
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Your Redemption Draweth Nigh
As I hear of the terrible calamities that from week to week are
taking place, I ask myself: What do these things mean? The most
awful disasters are following one another in quick succession. How
frequently we hear of earthquakes and tornadoes, of destruction by
fire and flood, with great loss of life and property! Apparently these
calamities are capricious outbreaks of seemingly disorganized, unreg-
ulated forces, but in them God’s purpose may be read. They are one
of the means by which He seeks to arouse men and women to a sense
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of their danger.
The coming of Christ is nearer than when we first believed. The
great controversy is nearing its end. The judgments of God are in the
land. They speak in solemn warning, saying: “Be ye also ready: for in
such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.”
Matthew 24:44
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But there are many, many in our churches who know little of the
real meaning of the truth for this time. I appeal to them not to disregard
the fulfilling of the signs of the times, which says so plainly that the
end is near. Oh, how many who have not sought their souls’ salvation
will soon make the bitter lamentation: “The harvest is past, the summer
is ended, and we are not saved”!
We are living in the closing scenes of this earth’s history. Prophecy
is fast fulfilling. The hours of probation are fast passing. We have
no time—not a moment—to lose. Let us not be found sleeping on
guard. Let no one say in his heart or by his works: “My Lord delayeth
His coming.” Let the message of Christ’s soon return sound forth in
earnest words of warning. Let us persuade men and women everywhere
to repent and flee from the wrath to come. Let us arouse them to
immediate preparation, for we little know what is before us. Let
ministers and lay members go forth into the ripening fields to tell
the unconcerned and indifferent to seek the Lord while He may be
found. The workers will find their harvest wherever they proclaim the
forgotten truths of the Bible. They will find those who will accept the
truth and will devote their lives to winning souls to Christ.
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