… It is indeed true, as you write, " The children of faith-children of God-recognize one another, and have fellow feelings." It must be so, for they are, all of them, indwelt of the one Spirit, and have the new nature, which is not of man, but of God. The same hope animates them, and they look for the same heavenly possessions.

Of course we can, none of us, set a date for our Lord's appearing, but we know the time approaches. My dear mother, now with our Lord, was very desirous of being on earth at the time of our Saviour's return, but it was not His will, and His will is always better than our desire. The terrible times through which the world is now passing, awaken in my heart new hope. I think the time must be very near. Let us watch, and work, and pray, with great rejoicing. "We shall soon be with Him, whether we go to Him through death or are caught up to meet Him. I think it more than likely that His feet are even now upon the threshold ; yet I would not be thought to have in mind any date. What God has not disclosed, I may not pry into with irreverence.