Second advent library

negligent-rwnnvs nmmxu-rn .mn sxxrv pus. 55If I am notand remiss in duty?rig t in my construction of God's holy word,pray tell us what is truth, and make it lookmore plain,-and willwe not believe? Thusyou will cleanse your garments from ourand we must bear the shame. Whatblood,time of night 'Z Come, tell us plainly. Thereareportentous clouds hangingover ourheads;we hear the murmurs of the fitfulwinds;we see sad omens of a dreadfulstorm; and where is our watchman's voice?Your silence givesus fears that we are betrayed.Awake, awake ! Ye watchmen, toyour post! It is no false alarm, There areJudgments, heavy judgments,at the door."Our God shall come,and shall notkeepsilence;a fire shall devour before him, andit shall be very tempestuous round about him.He shall call to the heavens from above, andto the earth, that he may judge his people."How shallthe fearful stand in that greatday, when heaven and earth shall hear hismighty voice, and they that hear must cometo Judgment? Where will the unbelievingscoifer then appear?When God makes inquisitionfor the blood of souls, and whenthe under-shepherds stand with their flocksaround the "great white throne," to haveeach motive, thought, word, act, and deed,brought out to light, before a gazing world,and tried ~by that unerring rule " the word,"-I ask you, scorner, jester, scoffer, how willyou appear? Stop, and think,stop,beforeyou take a fatalleap, an jest away your soul!