Not Worthy of the Glory

The afflictions of our time
Are not worthy of the glory
Promised in that realm sublime
To the patiently enduring.
See how Jesus as a lamb
Suffered for the sins of man!
--Zion's Harp #243 vs. 5

Trust and Rest

Trust and rest when all around thee
Puts thy faith to sorest test;
Let no fear or foe confound thee,
Wait for God and trust and rest.

Trust and rest with heart abiding,
Like a birdling in its nest,
Underneath His feathers hiding,
Fold thy wings and trust and rest.

--Excerpt: Streams in the Desert

Look Back to Israel

Ye who are now God's chosen people,

Look back to Israel of old!

From their example take a teaching

And cling to God with heart and soul!

Without complaint and lamentation

Bear ye distress and earth's privation;

Rely upon your Saviour's hand.

Your tears will change to joyful singing;

From desert wild your God is bringing

You to that fair and promised land.

--Zion's Harp #211 vs. 3

Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.

Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
--I Corinthians 10:1-12

Thus Will Be Manifest All Who Have Loved Him

Each one should be intent on living a quiet, holy, righteous and godly life. For if we be dead unto the world and sin, we cannot live unto ourselves, but in self-denial.

All things which cannot enter the kingdom of heaven must be burnt up and consumed. The Lord has declared that no unclean person can enter into the kingdom of God and it is well that He has done so. Thus will be manifest all who have loved Him with all their heart, whose rock and refuge He has been in all distress. These are trials where our faith is put to the test, in each of which we can be made purer and more glorious.

In the old Israel, we have a complete example, for when they disobeyed His Word and walked in their own ways, God gave them over into the hands of the Philistines who subdued them. And we will fare no better today, if we will not obey, nor take advice.

We must cling to the Saviour, as we are commanded, so that we may prepare ourselves for eternity, for the time of grace is soon past. Even if the Lord does not yet appear, we are in hourly danger of being called out of time into eternity.

But we have reason to believe that His coming will be soon, for we see it by the signs of the times.
--Sermon Excerpt: Elder Bro. B.W.

In Reproach and Censure

Three men in the furnace
Praised their God on high,
Stood their foes confounded,
Silenced scorn and lie.
In reproach and censure,
I rest calm and free
On this blessed promise:
GOD IS STILL WITH ME.
--Zion's Harp #148 vs. 5

One Day At A Time

One day at a time, with its failures and fears,
With its hurts and mistakes, with its weakness and tears,
With its portion of pain and its burden of care;
One day at a time we must meet and must bear.

One day at a time to be patient and strong,
To be calm under trial and sweet under wrong;
Then its toiling shall pass and its sorrow shall cease;
It shall darken and die, and the night shall bring peace.

One day at a time - but the day is so long,
And the heart is not brave, and the soul is not strong,
O Thou pitiful Christ, be Thou near all the way;
Give courage and patience and strength for the day.

Swift cometh His answer, so clear and so sweet;
"Yea, I will be with thee, thy troubles to meet;
I will not forget thee, nor fail thee, nor grieve;
I will not forsake thee; I never will leave."

Not yesterday's load we are called on to bear,
Nor the morrow's uncertain and shadowy care;
Why should we look forward or back with dismay?
Our needs, as our mercies, are but for the day.

One day at a time, and the day is His day;
He hath numbered its hours, though they haste or delay.
His grace is sufficient; we walk not alone;
As the day, so the strength that He giveth His own.

--Annie Johnson Flint