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When the Loud Cry Sounds, January 19
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of
sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Romans 13:11
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The end is near, stealing upon us stealthily, imperceptibly, like the
noiseless approach of a thief in the night. May the Lord grant that we shall
no longer sleep as do others, but that we shall watch and be sober. The
truth is soon to triumph gloriously, and all who now choose to be laborers
together with God, will triumph with it. The time is short; the night soon
cometh when no man can work....
The time is coming when there will be as many converted in a day as
there were on the day of Pentecost, after the disciples had received the Holy
Spirit....
Many have let the gospel invitation go unheeded; they have been tested
and tried; but mountainous obstacles have seemed to loom up before their
faces, blocking their onward march. Through faith, perseverance, and
courage, many will surmount these obstructions and walk out into the
glorious light.
Almost unconsciously barriers have been erected in the strait and narrow
way; stones of stumbling have been placed in the path; these will all be
rolled away. The safeguards which false shepherds have thrown around
their flocks will become as nought; thousands will step out into the light,
and work to spread the light. Heavenly intelligences will combine with the
human agencies. Thus encouraged, the church will indeed arise and shine,
throwing all her sanctified energies into the contest; thus the design of God
is accomplished; the lost pearls are recovered....
During the loud cry, the church, aided by the providential interpositions
of her exalted Lord, will diffuse the knowledge of salvation so abundantly
that light will be communicated to every city and town. The earth will be
filled with the knowledge of salvation. So abundantly will the renewing
Spirit of God have crowned with success the intensely active agencies, that
the light of present truth will be seen flashing everywhere.
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