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A Heaven to Win

Watch ye therefore, and pray always. Luke 21:36.

The days in which we live are solemn and important. The Spirit of God is
gradually but surely being withdrawn from the earth. . . .

The condition of things in the world shows that troublous times are right
upon us. The daily papers are full of indications of a terrible conflict in
the near future. Bold robberies are of frequent occurrence. Strikes are
common. Thefts and murders are committed on every hand. Men possessed of
demons are taking the lives of men, women, and little children. Men have
become infatuated with vice, and every species of evil prevails.

Everything in the world is in agitation. The signs of the times are ominous.
Coming events cast their shadows before. The Spirit of God is withdrawing
from the earth, and calamity follows calamity by sea and by land. There are
tempests, earthquakes, fires, floods, murders of every grade. . . . Rapidly
are men ranging themselves under the banner they have chosen. Restlessly are
they waiting and watching the movements of their leaders. There are those
who are waiting and watching and working for our Lord's appearing. Another
class are falling into line under the generalship of the first great
apostate. Few believe with heart and soul that we have a hell to shun and a
heaven to win.

The crisis is stealing gradually upon us. The sun shines in the heavens,
passing over its usual round. . . . Men are still eating and drinking,
planting and building, marrying, and giving in marriage. Merchants are still
buying and selling. Men are jostling one against another, contending for the
highest place. Pleasure lovers are still crowding to theaters, horse races,
gambling hells. The highest excitement prevails, yet probation's hour is
fast closing, and every case is about to be eternally decided. . . .

Solemnly there come to us down through the centuries the warning words of
our Lord from the Mount of Olives: "Take heed to yourselves, lest at any
time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares
of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares."

>From Maranatha - Page 35

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