Ellen G. White
4 prophyin. l'rove all things ; hold fast that which is good!' Paul To the law and to Ihe testimony, ir they speak not according 10 lhia word, it is bl-cause there is no light in Ibem." haiah 8: 20 - " . ". .. " TO THE REMNANT SCATTERED ABROAD As God has shown me in holy visioll the Ir:l.vels of the Advent peo ple to the Holy City, and the rich relVud to be given those who wait the return of their Lord from the wedding, it mny be my duty to Ifive you II. shor. 311:elcll of what God bas revealed 10 me. 'rhe dear saIDI! have got many trials 10 pass through. But our light a1lliclious, which are bUI fot a moment, worketh {or us a far more exceeding Ilnd Cler M.! weight of glory_while we look not at Ihe things which Ilrc seen for the things which are seen are temporal, bUI the things which lUll nOl. seen are eternal. I have tried 10 bring back II. good report. alld a few grapes from the heavCllly Canaall, for -which mall,. would 8101111 me, ILS tbe cOllgregation bade stone Caleb and Joshua for their repon Num. 14: 10.) But 1 declare to you, my brethren and sisters ill the Lord, it b a goodly lalld, and we are well able 10 go up alld possess it While pray at te family al!r, the Holy Ghost feU on me, alld 1 seemed to be nSlug higher and hIghet, flll abo"e the dnrk world. I turned to look for the Adveut people in the world, but could not fiod them_when a voice said 10 me, "Look again, and look a little higher AI this I raised my eyes and saw a straight and narrow path, (II) cast up high above the world. On this path the Advent people were travel· ling to the City, which was at the fanher end of the path, They had a bright light set up behind them at the first end of the path, which IIU llllgeJ told me WM the Midnight Cry. (lI) This light shone an along the patb, and gal'e li ght for tbeir feet so they might not sturn hIe. And if they kept their eyes fixed on Jesus, who w:\.\ just before them, lead ing them to the City, they were safe. Dut soon some grew weary, alld tbey said the City was a greIIl way 011', and they eXpe('ted to hM'e en· tered it bffore. Then Jesus would ellcourage them by raisillg his glo riollll right ann, and from his nrm came a g\oriolls light which waved over the Advent oo.nd, and they hoUled HllUelujah! Others rashly denied the light behind them, lind said tbal it wu not God that bad led them OUI so far_ The light behinrl them went out leaving their feel in perfett darkneS!:l, RI,d Ihey stumbled end got their eyes off the mark and lost sight of Jesus, and feU off the path down in the dllTk and wicked world below. It W3.8 )Illlt!l.!, impossible for them to get on the path again and go to the City, as all Ihe wicked world which God had re Jected. They fen all Ihe way along lhe path one antr another, until we heard the voice of God like many waters, (c) which gave us the day and hour 01 Jesus' coming. (d) The living saints, 144,000 in Dumber knew and understood the VOice, while the wicked thought it was thun der and an canhquake. (t) Wben God spake the time, be poured on tIS the Holy Ghost, and our faces began to light up and shine with tbe glory of God as Moses' did when he came down from Mount Sinai. (f By tbis time the 144 t Ooo were all sealed and perfe<:tly united. 0.0 their foreheads W:IS WTlllell, God l New Jerusalem, and a glorious Star containing Jesu new name. (g) At our happy, holy state tbe wicked Mat. 7: 14. b Mat. 26: 6. E1II, 43: 2. Joel.8: 16. Rn. 16: 11 dEJ.e.llL25. Mllrk,13:S2. lJo;>bu.12: 29. f1».10::n IRn.8: 12 digitized by InspiredBooks.de