Precious light has been permitted to shine upon our pathway, and around us are the angels of heaven, who are interested in our welfare. God is willing to do great things for his people, and he has promised that if we ask we shall receive; but many fail to grasp the promises of blessed assurance and help. These precious promises are to be fulfilled to those who keep the commandments of God, and who do those things that are pleasing in his sight. We should praise God for his abundant goodness, and manifest our love to him by our obedience. The love of Christ manifested toward us in his life of humiliation and self-denial, in his death on Calvary, should call forth songs of gratitude from our lips. The hope of his soon coming should fill us with sacred joy, and we should lay hold of the merits of the divine character of him who endured insult, mockery, shame, and death in our behalf. He who knew no sin was made sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Et dyrebart lys har fået lov til at skinne på vor sti, og de himmelske engle, der interesserer sig for vort bedste, omringer os. Gud er villig til at gøre store ting for sit folk, og han har lovet at hvis vi beder skal vi få; men mange griber ikke løftet om forsikring og hjælp. Disse dyrebare løfter skal opfyldes for dem som holder Guds bud, og som gør de ting som er behageligt for ham i hans øjne. Vi bør rose Gud for hans overmådelige godhed, og vise vor kærlighed til ham ved vor lydighed. Kristi kærlighed ves imod os i hele Kristi liv i ydmyghed og selvfornægtelse og hans død på Golgata, og burde fremkalde sange med tak fra vore læber. Håbet om hans snare genkomst må fylde os med hellig glæde, og vi burde gribe fast i forskrifterne af hans guddommelige karakter, som udstod hån, spot, skam og død for vor skyld. Han som ikke kendte til synd, blev gjort til synd for os, så vi kan gøres til Guds retfærdighed i ham.