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590 TEE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. ' ' In comparison with the millions of the world, God^s people will be, as they have ever been, a little flock; but if they stand for the truth as revealed in His word, God will be their refuge. They stand under the broad shield of Omnipotence. God is always a majority. When the sound of the last trump shall penetrate the prison-house of the dead, and the righteous shall come forth with triumph, exclaiming, ^^O death, where is thy sting? 0 grave, where is thy victory I ' ' — standing then with God, with Christ, with the angels, and with the loyal and true of all ages, the children of God will be far in the majority. Christ's true disciples follow Him through sore conflicts, enduring self-denial and experiencing bitter disappointment; but this teaches them the guilt and woe of sin, and they are led to look upon it with abhorrence. Partakers of Christ's sufferings, they are destined to be partakers of His glory. In holy vision the prophet saw the ultimate triumph of God's remnant church. He writes : ^'I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory . . . stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying. Great and marvelous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints."'" *^And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the Mount Sion, and with Him a hundred forty and ^ Matt. 24 : 31. " 1 Cor. 15 : 55. Rev. 15 : 2, 3.