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joy, and what is that? It is the joy of seeing of the travail of your soul,
fathers. It is the joy of seeing that your efforts, mothers, are rewarded.
Here are your children; the crown of life is upon their heads, and the
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angels of God immortalize the names of the mothers whose efforts
have won their children to Jesus Christ
The Glorious Day of Victory—Now the church is militant. Now
we are confronted with a world in darkness, almost wholly given over
to idolatry.... But the day is coming when the battle will have been
fought, the victory won. The will of God is to be done on earth as
it is done in heaven.... All will be a happy, united family, clothed
with the garments of praise and thanksgiving—the robe of Christ’s
righteousness. All nature, in its surpassing loveliness, will offer to
God a tribute of praise and adoration. The world will be bathed in the
light of heaven. The light of the moon will be as the light of the sun,
and the light of the sun will be sevenfold greater than it is now. The
years will move on in gladness. Over the scene the morning stars will
sing together, and the sons of God will shout for joy, while God and
Christ will unite in proclaiming, “There shall be no more sin, neither
shall there be any more death.”
These visions of future glory, scenes pictured by the hand of God,
should be dear to His children....
We need to keep ever before us this vision of things unseen. It is
thus that we shall be able to set a right value on the things of eternity
and the things of time. It is this that will give us power to influence
others for the higher life
Will God Say, “Well Done”?—When you stand before the great
white throne, then your work will appear as it is. The books are opened,
the record of every life made known. Many in that vast company are
unprepared for the revelations made. Upon the ears of some the words
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will fall with startling distinctness, “Weighed in the balance, and found
wanting.” To many parents the Judge will say in that day, “You had
My Word, plainly setting forth your duty. Why have you not obeyed
its teachings? Knew ye not that it was the voice of God? Did I not bid
you search the Scriptures, that you might not go astray? You have not
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The Ministry of Healing, 504-508
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