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suffered and gone into death itself. He has been into the

grave—our sister is going into the grave—but the Lord has

triumphed over the power of death. He came forth in victory,

and the light of that is in our souls.

It would strengthen us at the present time, dear brethren, to

value the testimony of the Lord and to be strong, as it says

here, “But now be strong, Zerubbabel and be strong, Joshua

son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people

of the land, saith Jehovah, and work”.

That is what is needed, dear hearers; the need today is to

work, the need today is for faithful workmen in the light of 2

Timothy who are prepared to take things on and commit things

into the hands of faithful men. Are you a faithful man? Are you

a faithful sister? Are you prepared to take on the work and, in

the Spirit’s power, take things on and do things for the will and

pleasure of our God? As our brother alluded to Acts 13: 36—

“David … having in his own generation ministered to the will of

God, fell asleep”. Our beloved sister has served the will of

God. May we take it on today, each one. The Lord would

exercise our hearts, I

feel, to take things on.

So it says, “The word that I covenanted with you when ye

came out of Egypt, and my Spirit, remain among you”. Have

you come out of Egypt? The danger always is to drift back into

Egypt; that is the danger. Oh, may the Lord help us to value

the heavenly land and maintain the divine standard of the

truth. Christ on high, the Spirit here, and go on and be working

in view of what comes in these next few verses—“For thus

saith Jehovah of hosts—Yet once, it is a little while, and I will

shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry

land”.

We are in that time, the shaking; what a time it is, dear

hearers. Let us be attentive to the voice of the Lord—“I will