168. The Night Is Far Spent, and the Day Is at Hand

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by T. Kelly
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The night is far spent, and the day is at hand:
 
No sign to be looked for; the Star’s in the sky;
 
Rejoice then, ye saints, ’tis your Lord’s own command;
 
Rejoice, for the coming of Jesus draws nigh.
“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.” (Romans 13:12)
“And I will give him the morning star.” (Revelation 2:28)
“I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.” (Revelation 22:16)
“Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.” (John 14:28)
“And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.” (Romans 13:11)
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What a day will that be when the Savior appears!
 
How welcome to those who have shared in His cross!
 
A crown incorruptible then will be theirs,
 
A rich compensation for suffering and loss.
“And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.” (Romans 8:17)
“If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us.” (2 Timothy 2:12)
“And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.” (1 Corinthians 9:25)
“For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” (Romans 8:18)
“If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us.” (2 Timothy 2:12)
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What is loss in this world when compared to that day,
 
To the glory that then will from heaven be revealed?
 
"The Savior is coming," His people may say;
 
"The Lord whom we look for, our Sun and our Shield."
“But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.” (Philippians 3:7-8)
“The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed.” (1 Peter 5:1)
“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 3:20)
“For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.” (Psalm 84:11)
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Oh pardon us, Lord! that our love to Thy name
 
Is so faint, with so much our affections to move!
 
Our coldness might fill us with grief and with shame,
 
So much to be loved, and so little to love.
“And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” (Matthew 24:12)
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Oh kindle within us a holy desire,
 
Like that which was found in Thy people of old,
 
Who tasted Thy love and whose hearts were on fire,
 
While They waited in patience Thy face to behold.
“And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.” (1 Thessalonians 1:10)
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