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only ruined your own souls, but by your pretensions to godliness you
have misled many others. You have no part with Me. Depart; depart.”
Another class stand pale and trembling, trusting in Christ, and yet
oppressed with a sense of their own unworthiness. They hear with
tears of joy and gratitude the Master’s commendation. The days of
incessant toil, of burden bearing, and of fear and anguish are forgotten
as that voice, sweeter than the music of angel harps, pronounces the
words, “Well done, good and faithful servant, enter ye into the joy of
your Lord.” There stand the host of the redeemed, the palm branch of
victory in their hand, the crown upon their head. These are the ones
who by faithful, earnest labor have obtained a fitness for heaven. The
lifework performed on earth is acknowledged in the heavenly courts
as a work well done.
With joy unutterable, parents see the crown, the robe, the harp,
given to their children. The days of hope and fear are ended. The
seed sown with tears and prayers may have seemed to be sown in vain,
but their harvest is reaped with joy at last. Their children have been
redeemed. Fathers, mothers, shall the voices of your children swell
the song of gladness in that day
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