The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

Christ "shall have delivered up the Ringdom to 'Goa,even the Father "-1 Corinthians XV, 24-26. Thus dothe Scriptures reveal how at last the desire of all nationsshall .come."The Purpose of the Present Dispensation.I have dwelt principally on the hope which will beoffered to the world, and have not enlarged on the hopeheld o~ito the Church, the followers of Christ. In closing,therefore, I would urge upon you the desirability ofbelieving in Christ now, and of accepting the graciousprivilege of becoming members of His Body-I CorinthiansXII, 12. If we follow in His footsteps now whenevil is permitted, we shall share in His resurrection, 52ndshall be associated with Him in His glorious reign. Aswe read: "It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead withhim, we shall also live with him: if we suffer, we shallalso reign with him "-2 Timothy 11, 11, 12. This willmean a life of self-denial and sacrifice, doing good to allmen as we have opportunity, but especially to the householdof faith. It will bring much persecution and contradictionof sinners. But though we shall have .tribulation,the peace of God will rule in our hearts, and we shallhave the joy of the Lord. "Godliness with contentmentis great gain." I trust that all of us who take up ourcross and follow Jesus, will overcome evil with good andendure to the end; that for the joy set before us we shallendure the cross, and despise the shame, looking untoJesus the author and finisher of our faith. If we do, weshall be counted as overcomers. Let us pray for oneanother that we may be faithful unto death, so that wemay obtain the crown of life, and be privileged to sharewith the Lord Jesus in His glorious work of realising thedesire of all nations, peace on earth, and good willtoward mefr, to the glory of God the Father. Amen.I