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Charles H. Spurgeon
Jun 25, 2006

 







June 26 
It Will Not Be Long





"Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the LORD draweth
nigh" (James 5:8). 



The last word in the Canticle of love is, "Make haste, my beloved," and among
the last words of the Apocalypse we read, "The Spirit and the Bride say, Come";
to which the heavenly Bridegroom answers, "Surely I come quickly." Love longs
for the glorious appearing of the LORD and enjoys this sweet promise - "The
coming of the LORD draweth nigh." This stays our minds as to the future. We
look out with hope through this window. 



This sacred "window of agate" lets in a flood of light upon the present and
puts us into fine condition for immediate work or suffering. Are we tired? Then
the nearness of our joy whispers patience. Are we growing weary because we do
not see the harvest of our seed sowing? Again this glorious truth cries to us,
"Be patient." Do our multiplied temptations cause us in the least to waver?
Then the assurance that before long the LORD will be here preaches to us from
this text, "Stablish your hearts." Be firm, be stable, be constant, "steadfast,
unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the LORD." Soon will you hear the
silver trumpet which announces the coming of your King. Be not in the least
afraid. Hold the fort, for He is coming; yea, He may appear this very day. 



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806 7.7.8.7. J. HART 
Happy Mourners. Matt. 5. 4; John. 16. 22  1 Christ is the Friend of sinners; 
Be that forgotten never; 
A wounded soul, and not a whole, 
Becomes a true believer; 
To see sin smarts but slightly; 
To own, with lip confession, 
Is easier still; but O to feel 
Cuts deep beyond expression. 

2 [Trust not to joyous fancies, 
Light hearts, or smooth behaviour;  Sinners can say, and none but they,  “How
precious is the Saviour!ö 
Then hail, ye happy mourners; 
How blest your state to come is! 
Ye soon will meet with comfort sweet;  It is the Lord’s own promise.] 

3 The contrite heart and broken 
God will not give to ruin; 
This sacrifice he’ll not despise, 
For ’tis his Spirit’s doing. 
Then hail, ye happy mourners, 
Who pass through tribulation; 
Sin’s filth and guilt, perceived and felt,  Make known God’s great salvation. 

4 [Dry doctrine cannot save us, 
Blind zeal, or false devotion; 
The feeblest prayer, if faith be there,  Exceeds all empty notion. 
Then hail, ye happy mourners, 
Ye will at last be winners; 
By Jesus’ blood, the righteous God  Now reconciles poor sinners.] 
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