It is high time to awake out of
sleep!
(James Smith, "The Zealous Christian!" 1864)
"Be zealous!" Revelation 3:19
The zealous Christian is sure of . . .God's
blessing, the
approbation of his own conscience, the opposition of Satan, the frown
of every
lukewarm professor, and the commendation of all godly people.
Let us warm our hearts at the fire of God's love! Let us
quicken our
motives by a visit to the cross! Let us sharpen our weapons by
communion with the Spirit!
Let us seek the grace, the courage, the strength necessary at the mercy
seat--and
then let us zealously fall to work. Let . . .the work of God be our delight,
the welfare of our fellow-men be our aim, and the glory of
the Lord
be our highest object!
Let us live in earnest. Let us live to purpose. By the
shortness
of time, by the solemnities of death, by the realities of eternity, by
the
danger of lost sinners, by the vigilance of Satan, by the poor state of
the
Church, by the character of the present times, by the command of God,
by the
example of primitive believers, and by the counsel of the Lord
Brethren, the time is short, and "It
is
high time to awake out of sleep!"
By the spread of Popery, by the activity of infidelity,by the condition
of our
cities, by the needs of the Church, by the woes of the world, by the
authority
of God, by the blood of the cross, by the promise of the Spirit, by the
prospect of success, by the rest of the grave, by the glories of
Heaven, by the
terrors of Hell, by the rewards of activity, and by the condemnation of
the
lukewarm and the slothful--allow me to beseech you to "Be zealous!"
Be zealous today--tomorrow you may die! Be zealous in time--and in
eternity,
you will rejoice that you have been so!
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