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The Ministry of Health and Healing
Fainting and helpless, and ready to die.
“Lord, whence are these blood drops all the way
That mark out the mountain’s track?”
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“They were shed for one who had gone astray,
Ere the Shepherd could bring him back.”
“Lord, why are Thy hands so rent and torn?”
“They were pierced tonight by many a thorn.”
But all through the mountains, thunder-riven,
And up from the rocky steep,
There rose a cry to the gate of heaven,
“Rejoice, I have found My sheep!”
And the angels sang around the throne,
“Rejoice, for the Lord brings back His own!”
—Elizabeth C. Clephane.
A View of the Future
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. The nations of the saved will know no other law
than the law of 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, 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.
Stand on the threshold of eternity and hear the gracious welcome
given to those who in this life have cooperated with Christ, regarding
it as a privilege and honor to suffer for His sake. With the angels, they