"Born of the Spirit;" or, Gems from the Book of LifeOsborne, Zenas
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"Born of the Spirit;" or, Gems from the Book of Life
Osborne, Zenas
Free Methodist Church of North America; Osborne, Zenas
The command is, “Go forward.” We are not to stop to analyze results,
in order to get at exact accomplishments, but move on, laboring
with all our might, and leaving results with God. In that day,
and under the light of judgment fires, it will appear in all the
grandeur of eternal blessedness. “Your labor is not in vain in the
Lord.” What precious opportunities God has given us of laying up our
treasures on high. Look out in what direction you may, the fields
are white already to harvest. Golden opportunities for doing good,
and getting good, are constantly placed within our reach, and to be
like our divine Lord and Master, who went about doing good, so must
we, looking mainly for our reward in that day when He shall come to
make up His jewels. O how blessed to hear in that day, “Well done!”
Notwithstanding the glittering crown that often seems so nigh to the
Christian soldier, he feels as expressed in the following lines:
“Let me stay; I fain would labor
In the vineyard of the Lord;
For the fields are ready whitening,
Jesus says so in His word.
Let me thrust the Spirit’s cycle,
In the fields already white;
Let me blow the Gospel trumpet;
Let me do with all my might.
Let me stay and wear the armor
That my Father doth supply;
Let me cheer the broken hearted,
Help the pilgrim on his way.
Let me point the poor and needy
To a boundless store of grace,
To a mansion in the heavens,
Where the weary are at rest.
Let me stay and warn poor sinners
Of the danger they are in,
While by Christ they’re unprotected,
Foes without and fears within;
Let me tell how Jesus loved them
When he died upon the tree,
When he cried in grief and anguish,
‘Why hast Thou forsaken me?’
Let me stay a little longer,
Gathering for the garner great,
Golden sheaves, oh, precious jewels,
Stars in Jesus’ crown complete.
Let me finish all my labor,
Then my armor I’ll lay down,
And with Jesus Christ, my Saviour,
Ever wear a starry crown.
Then I’ll range the fields of heaven,
And with angels ever sing:
Hallelujah! glory! glory!
Hallelujah to my King!
Then with white-robed seraphs worship
Round the Father’s great white throne;
Always crying, Thou art worthy!
Oh my God, and Thou alone.”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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