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Preparing for Heaven, June 25
Bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things,
having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
1
Timothy 4:8
.
I have kept very well since the warm weather came. I am surprised that at my
age [75] I am favored with such good health. I can go up and down stairs as easily
and as quickly as any member of my family. Generally, I am cheerful. I do not
want to cast a shadow in my family. I desire that every word that falls from my
lips shall be fragrant with Christlike love....
We have been commissioned to go forth as God’s missionaries. In the Bible
we learn what work God has given us to do, and there, too, we learn how to do this
work. No one can know the will of God so certainly as he who abides in Christ.
There are some who are constantly inquiring and speculating and guessing, but
who, instead of advancing, are retrograding. They are not united with Christ.
We are not to stumble along in uncertainty. Christ says, “Whosoever will come
after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me” (
Mark 8:34
).
“He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life”
(
John 8:12
). As we advance, we become used to following. The path of life shines
brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.
How deeply grieved the Saviour is by the loss of one of the souls for whom
He made so great a sacrifice. He would bring all into the kingdom of heaven. He
desires all to see the King in His beauty.... Let us not keep looking at the defects
of others. Let us look ever to Jesus.... There are sinners to be saved, and in word
and deed we are to fulfill Christ’s purpose for them, as His agencies of healing....
I am making earnest efforts to win the crown of life which at the last great day
the Judge of all will give to those who love His appearing. Let us not allow our
lips to be tarnished by unbelief. Let us talk the truth. Let us refuse to be deceived
by the seducing spirits that will come.
Sister [Lucinda] Hall, will it not be a blessed thing to be an overcomer, to sit
with the royal family in the kingdom of heaven, to have a place in the mansions
that Christ has gone to prepare for those who love His appearing? Be of good
courage, my sister. Let nothing discourage you. Keep cheerful. Stand under the
bright rays of the Sun of Righteousness.—
Letter 121, June 25, 1903
, to Lucinda
Hall, a close friend.
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