“Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.” Isa. 1:9. “Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that _shall be brought forth_.” Ezek. 14:22. "Have you heard the voice from heaven, Calling in a solemn tone, ’Come, my people, from confusion, This is not your native home?’ "Do you know, O ransomed brother, That we stand upon the verge, Where old time fills up his ages, And the lost will mourn his dirge? "Yes, I heard, and to my vision Zion’s glory brightly shone; Then I rose and fled the ruin, Taking not a Babel stone. "Yes, my soul has come to Zion, On the high and holy way, And I’ve seen all darkness flying, Driven by the light of day. [Now the evening light is flashing, God is gathering to their home All the pure and holy remnant Waiting for the Lord to come.] "Oh, what myriad souls are sleeping, Soon to wake in judgment-fires; Help, O God, thy remnant gleaning, Until time indeed expires." ------------------------------------- I have cast each sectish idol To the mole and to the bat; (Isa. 2:20.) I am feeding on the mountain, And my soul is growing fat. (Ezek. 34:14.) The Second Coming Of Christ. When Jesus was taken up into heaven and a cloud had received him out of sight, two heavenly visitants appeared unto the men of Galilee and said, “This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.” Acts 1:11. Jesus went up in a cloud and he is to come again in like manner as he went up. “And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.” Mark 13:26. No one knows the exact time of his coming. “But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.” Mat. 24:36. We can know, however, when his coming is near. “So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the door.” Mat. 24:33. The things spoken of here by which we may know that the coming of the Lord is near, is the gathering together of God’s elect from out the ruins of Babylon and the world. The work of gathering is now in rapid progress. The messengers are flying with the everlasting gospel. Soon it will reach all nations. They are calling, “Come out of her, my people, for the hour of her judgment is come.” Thus we now see the Savior’s coming is near, even at the door. Even so, come, O Lord Jesus!