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The Voice in Speech and Song
beings might have the life that measures with the life of God. The
conflict is over. All tribulation and strife are at an end. Songs of victory
fill all heaven, as the redeemed stand around the throne of God. All
take up the joyful strain, “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain” and hath
redeemed us to God.—
The Ministry of Healing, 506, 507
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Song of Moses and the Lamb—This song and the great deliver-
ance which it commemorates, made an impression never to be effaced
from the memory of the Hebrew people. From age to age it was echoed
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by the prophets and singers of Israel, testifying that Jehovah is the
strength and deliverance of those who trust in Him. That song does not
belong to the Jewish people alone. It points forward to the destruction
of all the foes of righteousness, and the final victory of the Israel of
God. The prophet of Patmos beholds the white-robed multitude that
“have gotten the victory,” standing on the “sea of glass mingled with
fire,” having “the harps of God. And they sing the song of Moses the
servant of God, and the song of the Lamb.”
Revelation 15:2, 3
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“Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy name give glory,
for Thy mercy, and for Thy truth’s sake.”
Psalm 115:1
. Such was the
spirit that pervaded Israel’s song of deliverance, and it is the spirit that
should dwell in the hearts of all who love and fear God. In freeing our
souls from the bondage of sin, God has wrought for us a deliverance
greater than that of the Hebrews at the Red Sea. Like the Hebrew
host, we should praise the Lord with heart and soul and voice for His
“wonderful works to the children of men.” Those who dwell upon
God’s great mercies, and are not unmindful of His lesser gifts will put
on the girdle of gladness, and make melody in their hearts to the Lord.
The daily blessings that we receive from the hand of God, and
above all else the death of Jesus to bring happiness and heaven within
our reach, should be a theme for constant gratitude. What compassion,
what matchless love, has God shown to us, lost sinners, in connecting
us with Himself, to be to Him a peculiar treasure! What a sacrifice
has been made by our Redeemer, that we may be called children of
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God! We should praise God for the blessed hope held out before us in
the great plan of redemption, we should praise Him for the heavenly
inheritance, and for His rich promises; praise Him that Jesus lives to
intercede for us.—
Patriarchs and Prophets, 289
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The King in His Beauty—Those who, regardless of all else, place
themselves in God’s hands, to be and do all that He would have them,