WHO is this proposing to come quickly? Is it an enemy threatening us? Is it a stranger? No, it is JESUS whom we love, speaking to cheer us. It is IMMANUEL, to whom we are betrothed in righteousness, judgment, lovingkindness, mercies, and faithfulness. It is our SAVIOUR, who saved us by His death, and preserves us by His life. He will come shortly, the period cannot be far distant. He will come gladly, with delight and pleasure, to receive us to Himself. "Surely," He says, "I come quickly;" and is it not a source of joy to us, does it not excite and draw forth holy expectation? He comes to end our persecutions, to silence our complaints, to conform us to His image, to fill us with His love, to clothe us with His glory, and to bring us grace. Do we say with the church, "Amen, even so, come, Lord Jesus"? Or, are we indifferent about His coming? He says, "Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame." Let us look for, and hasten to the coming of the day of God. He comes for our redemption. His coming completes our salvation.
Fly, ye seasons, fly still faster: Let the glorious day come on, When we shall behold our Master Seated on His heavenly throne! When the Saviour Shall descend to claim His own.
Written by James Smith for his own flock around 1840, but such was the demand that by 1846 over thirty thousand copies where in circulation.
James Smith was a predecessor of Charles Spurgeon at New Park Street Chapel in London from 1841-1850. He also ministered with great blessing in Cheltenham. His devotional, The Believer's Daily Remembrancer, subtitled Pastor's Morning and Evening Visit, was very popular in its own day, and has received a new lease of life through recent republication.
WHO is this proposing to come quickly? Is it an enemy threatening us? Is it a stranger? No, it is JESUS whom we love, speaking to cheer us. It is IMMANUEL, to whom we are betrothed in righteousness, judgment, lovingkindness, mercies, and faithfulness. It is our SAVIOUR, who saved us by His death, and preserves us by His life. He will come shortly, the period cannot be far distant. He will come gladly, with delight and pleasure, to receive us to Himself. "Surely," He says, "I come quickly;" and is it not a source of joy to us, does it not excite and draw forth holy expectation? He comes to end our persecutions, to silence our complaints, to conform us to His image, to fill us with His love, to clothe us with His glory, and to bring us grace. Do we say with the church, "Amen, even so, come, Lord Jesus"? Or, are we indifferent about His coming? He says, "Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame." Let us look for, and hasten to the coming of the day of God. He comes for our redemption. His coming completes our salvation.
Fly, ye seasons, fly still faster: Let the glorious day come on, When we shall behold our Master Seated on His heavenly throne! When the Saviour Shall descend to claim His own.