Chapter 73—Song in the Last Great Crisis
Song of the Angels Now—“Whoso offereth praise,” says the Cre-
ator, “glorifieth Me.”
Psalm 50:23
. All the inhabitants of heaven unite
in praising God. Let us learn the song of the angels now, that we may
sing it when we join their shining ranks. Let us say with the psalmist,
“While I live, will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God
while I have any being.” “Let the people praise Thee, O God; let all
the people praise Thee.”
Psalm 146:2
;
67:5
.—
Patriarchs and Prophets,
289, 290
.
In Shadows of Affliction—In the full light of day, and in hearing
of the music of other voices, the caged bird will not sing the song that
his master seeks to teach him. He learns a snatch of this, a trill of that,
but never a separate and entire melody. But the master covers the cage,
and places it where the bird will listen to the one song he is to sing. In
the dark, he tries and tries again to sing that song until it is learned,
and he breaks forth in perfect melody. Then the bird is brought forth,
and ever after he can sing that song in the light. Thus God deals with
His children. He has a song to teach us, and when we have learned
it amid the shadows of affliction we can sing it ever afterward.—
The
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Ministry of Healing, 472
.
Hope in the Last Crisis—Amidst the deepening shadows of
earth’s last great crisis, God’s light will shine brightest, and the song of
hope and trust will be heard in clearest and loftiest strains.—
Education,
166
.
Triumphant Song at Jesus’ Coming—Through a rift in the
clouds [in the time of the end, when God’s people are delivered],
there beams a star whose brilliancy is increased fourfold in contrast
with the darkness. It speaks hope and joy to the faithful, but severity
and wrath to the transgressors of God’s law. Those who have sac-
rificed all for Christ are now secure, hidden as in the secret of the
Lord’s pavilion. They have been tested, and before the world and the
despisers of truth they have evinced their fidelity to Him who died for
them.
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