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the penalty for so doing;--the penalty for rejection of full lightand opportunity being the second death, from which there is norecovery. By one offering he hath perfected forever them thatare sanctified by the truth; but that offering intelligentlyrejected, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sin, but acertain looking for of judgment and fiery indignation whichshall devour the adversary. But having come to the knowledgeof the truth--to which God purposes to bring all men--and toobedience, and to faith in God's appointed way of salvation, notattempting to climb up like a thief or a robber by some otherway, the end of such faith and obedience will be everlasting life.It is expedient, therefore, from God's standpoint of view, that thetruth should be fully and clearly proclaimed without regard tothe cry of alarm from Babylon, and equally without regard to thedisastrous consequences to that system, against which the fiat ofdestruction has gone forth from Jehovah. "This is the will ofGod, who will have all men to be saved and to come to aknowledge of the truth."So far as our knowledge and observation have gone, aknowledge, even of the general outlines of God's plan, does notproduce carelessness or indifference or a desire to procrastinatecoming into conformity with it. On the other hand, we do knowof hundreds of sound conversions from sin and infidelity andfrom every evil course. At the present time there are on our listof subscribers to the TOWER five names of criminals in variousprisons who have received the truth, and who have beenconverted by it. And another whose term expired a few monthsago, having been imprisoned for highway robbery, was soundlyconverted through the reading of The Plan of The Ages and theTOWER while in prison, and has now become an activeminister of the gospel, and in the past two months has sold 800copies of DAWN, Vol. I. Raised in the Methodist church underthe influence and fear of the doctrine of eternal torment, hebecame a highway robber, while under the influence of the truthhe became a minister of the gospel. Yes, praise the Lord! it isexpedient to preach the truth, the whole truth, and nothing butthe truth; and we rejoice to know that God will continue to sendforth his light and his truth until the earth is filled with his glory,and blessed is every man who is privileged to bear the message.====================R1123 : page 2CHEERFULNESS.Cheerfulness is one of the loveliest graces of the Christiancharacter. It belongs to those noble natures whose very presencecarries sunshine with them wherever they go.
Sometimes we look into a face which is so cold and repulsive,dark and gloomy, that it makes us feel almost blue to look at it,and which betokens no joy in the heart, no nobility in the soul,no generosity in the nature; the whole character as cold as aniceberg. And again we meet a face so bright, smiling, cheerful,happy, that one glimpse of it does our very souls good, and islike an inspiration to us. And we feel more cheerful ourselves. Ifwe possess a hopeful spirit it will enable us to discern the silverlining of the darkest cloud, behind which ever shines the light ofdivine promise and help.True religion is not gloomy, "her ways are ways of pleasantness,and all her paths are peace."--Selected.----------"Blessed is he who learns to profit by his wants and infirmities,and who, in all the privation he endures, is still submissive to theWord of God."----------Much remainsTo conquer still; Peace hath her victories,No less renowned than War; new foes ariseThreatening to bind our souls with secular chains.Help us to save free conscience from the paw,Of hireling wolves, whose gospel is their maw.--Milton.====================R1127 : page 3COURAGE! PRESS ON.Tired! well, what of that?Didst fancy life was spent on beds of ease,Fluttering the rose leaves scattered by the breeze?Come, rouse thee! work while it is called to-day:Courage! arise! go forth upon thy way.Lonely! and what of that?Some must be lonely; 'tis not given to allTo feel a heart responsive rise and fall,To blend another life within its own:Work can be done in loneliness. Work on.Dark! well, what of that?Didst fondly dream the sun would never set?Dost fear to lose thy way? Take courage yet!Learn thou to walk by faith, and not by sight;Thy steps will guided be, and guided right.
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the penalty for so doing;--the penalty for rejection of full lightand opportunity being the second death, from which there is norecovery. By one offering he hath perfected forever them thatare sanctified by the truth; but that offering intelligentlyrejected, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sin, but acertain looking for of judgment and fiery indignation whichshall devour the adversary. But having come to the knowledgeof the truth--to which God purposes to bring all men--and toobedience, and to faith in God's appointed way of salvation, notattempting to climb up like a thief or a robber by some otherway, the end of such faith and obedience will be everlasting life.It is expedient, therefore, from God's standpoint of view, that thetruth should be fully and clearly proclaimed without regard tothe cry of alarm from Babylon, and equally without regard to thedisastrous consequences to that system, against which the fiat ofdestruction has gone forth from Jehovah. "This is the will ofGod, who will have all men to be saved and to come to aknowledge of the truth."So far as our knowledge and observation have gone, aknowledge, even of the general outlines of God's plan, does notproduce carelessness or indifference or a desire to procrastinatecoming into conformity with it. On the other hand, we do knowof hundreds of sound conversions from sin and infidelity andfrom every evil course. At the present time there are on our listof subscribers to the TOWER five names of criminals in variousprisons who have received the truth, and who have beenconverted by it. And another whose term expired a few monthsago, having been imprisoned for highway robbery, was soundlyconverted through the reading of The Plan of The Ages and theTOWER while in prison, and has now become an activeminister of the gospel, and in the past two months has sold 800copies of DAWN, Vol. I. Raised in the Methodist church underthe influence and fear of the doctrine of eternal torment, hebecame a highway robber, while under the influence of the truthhe became a minister of the gospel. Yes, praise the Lord! it isexpedient to preach the truth, the whole truth, and nothing butthe truth; and we rejoice to know that God will continue to sendforth his light and his truth until the earth is filled with his glory,and blessed is every man who is privileged to bear the message.====================R1123 : page 2CHEERFULNESS.Cheerfulness is one of the loveliest graces of the Christiancharacter. It belongs to those noble natures whose very presencecarries sunshine with them wherever they go.
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