"He is Faithful that Promised."
"Behold, I come quickly."--REV. iii. 11.
A Speedy Coming.
"Even so! come, Lord Jesus!" "Why tarry the wheels of Thy chariot?" Six
thousand years this world has rolled on, getting hoary with age, and
wrinkled with sins and sorrows. A waiting Church sees the long-drawn
shadows of twilight announcing, "The Lord is at hand." Prepare, my soul,
to meet Him. Oh! happy days, when thine adorable Redeemer, so long
dishonoured and despised, shall be publicly enthroned, in presence of an
assembled universe, crowned Lord of All, glorified in His saints,
satisfied in the fruits of His soul's travail, destroying His enemies
with the brightness of His coming--the lightning-glance of
wrath,--causing the hearts of His exulting people to "rejoice with joy
unspeakable and full of glory." Prepare, my soul, to meet Him! Let it be
a joyous thought to thee,--thy "blessed hope,"--the meeting of thine
Elder Brother. Stand oftentimes on the watchtower to catch the first
streak of that coming brightness, the first murmur of these chariot
wheels. The world is now in preparation! It is rocking on its worn-out
axle. There are voices on every side proclaiming, "He cometh! He cometh!
to judge the earth." Reader! art thou among the number of those who
"love His appearing?" Remember the attitude of His expectant saints:
"Blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when He cometh, will find
WATCHING!"
"REMEMBER _THIS_ WORD UNTO THY SERVANT, UPON
WHICH THOU HAST CAUSED ME TO HOPE!"