The Revelation of Jesus Christ - The Herald

Each moment listening for His voice:
"Rise up and come away."'
"But now the long hoped-for consummation has arrived. The cry, 'Behold the Bridegroom
cometh, go ye out to meet Him,' sounds upon the air. She who kept her garments
unspotted from the world is ready to be married, and stands clothed in her wedding
vesture: she, also, who lived wantonly with the kings of the earth, is ready to be
condemned, and stands 'arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and
precious stones.' [Rev. 17:4.] Hardly has the 'Alleluia' over the judgment of 'the great harlot
which did corrupt the earth with her fornication' [Rev. 19:1,2] died away, before another is
heard: 'Alleluia, for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad, and rejoice, and
give honor to Him; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself
ready.' (Rev. 19:6,7.) . . . 'Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness leaning upon her
beloved?' (Cant. 8:5.) Who, indeed, but she whose countenance was often bedewed with
tears, whose feet were often torn with the thorns of the desert through which her enemies
pursued her? But now the reproach of her widowhood is taken away, the bridal veil is
upon her face, and the nuptial joy is in her heart."
"The night is fast passing, the day is at hand,
Day is at hand;
We've sighted the portals of Beulah land,
Sweet Beulah land.
Then sing, weary pilgrim, you're nearing the strand,
Nearing the strand,
Where loved ones are waiting in Beulah land,
Sweet Beulah land."
Joined to Christ
Joined to Christ in mystic union,
We Thy members, Thou our Head,
Sealed by deep and true communion,
Risen with Thee, who once were dead--
Savior, we would humbly claim
All the power of this Thy name.
Instant sympathy to brighten
All their weakness and their woe,
Guiding grace their way to lighten,
Shall Thy loving members know;
All their sorrows Thou dost bear,
All Thy gladness they shall share.