Good afternoon, GYC.
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Welcome to the
Sabbath afternoon program,
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glad that you can be
here, hope you had a good lunch.
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Have you ever had
one of those nights
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where you cannot sleep,
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and you can't sleep,
you see no way forward,
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and I'm not just talking about
because of financial trouble
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or because of car
problems or bad grades,
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but something that's spiritual.
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You've ever had
one of those nights
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where you're just
not sure where God is at.
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Well, those of us on
the GYC Music Committee,
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we've had some
of those nights too,
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and we know that God's children
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who have gone
before us have too.
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And we hope that as
you listen to the music
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and the stories this afternoon
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that you will
gain a fresh confidence
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in the Heavenly
Father's love for us
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even in the darkest of times.
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Times I've to wonder
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How You still love me Lord?
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After all the times
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I've turned my back on you
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Your love is such a mystery
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It's hard to comprehend
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But You would give Your life
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For fallen man
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And even when we stumble
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Yes, even if we fall
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There is a path to victory
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Went on Your name
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We call it's all true
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Your love is true
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God so loved the world below
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He gave his only son
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Who so Lord believe
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They would not perish
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And Jesus came into the world
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To save and not condemn
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And those who will receive Him
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Find new life again
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And even when we stumble
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Yes, even if we fall
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There is a path to victory
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Went on Your name
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We call it's all true
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Your love is true
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His love is everlasting
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His mercy knows no avenge
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But we must take
His hand in faith
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Keep our eyes always focused
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On Him
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Join me.
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So turn Your eyes
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Upon Jesus
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Look full in
His wonderful things
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And the things of earth
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Will grow strangely dim
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In the light of His glory
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And grace
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Let's pray.
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Father in Heaven, as
we're here this afternoon,
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I pray that these stories
that we look at of a few people
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who've gone before us
will encourage us in our way.
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And we thank You for
this day in Jesus' name, amen.
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It was March 1840,
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a traveling
preacher came to town,
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he rode in, came up on
Casco Street of Portland, Maine
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and he entered a little church.
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And as the preacher
named William Miller
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stood up to preach,
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he saw that every pew
was packed with people,
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every aisle, people were
standing shoulder to shoulder,
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the foyer was packed with people
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and even though the
stage was lined with people,
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it seemed as if all of
Casco or sorry Portland, Maine
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had come to hear
William Miller preach.
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And William Miller stood
before the congregation that day
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and he opened his Bible,
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and he very
carefully, methodically,
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and persuasively
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went through the Books
of Daniel and Revelation.
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And then he made a
most profound statement.
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He said based on the
things we've seen here,
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Jesus will be
coming back to this earth
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in just three years time.
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There was no loud
commotion or shouting
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or falling over that
attended his meetings.
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No, the message like that
it was a great sense of awe.
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And in the audience that day
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was a girl only 12.5 years old.
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And as she listened,
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this girl by the
name of Ellen Harmon,
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of course, later
became Ellen White
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began to have a
heart filled with fear.
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"Jesus coming in
just three years time?
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Oh, I could never be ready.
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I'm such a great sinner.
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Oh, I've made so many mistakes."
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She went home and began a
cycle of sleepless nights,
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she would go to bed,
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and after the rest of the house
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all were asleep
even her twin sister
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that shared a room with her,
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Ellen would fall on her
knees and begin to pray,
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"Lord, I know
You're coming soon,
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and I'm gonna be lost,
I could never be ready."
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And finally in the
wee hours of the morning,
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she would cry herself to sleep.
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She attended a meeting
with her brother Robert,
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just the two of them,
they were good farm kids,
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they knew how to
get the horse out,
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hook on the
buggy, and what they did,
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they headed into town.
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And this preacher
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preached the same
thing as William Miller,
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he said, "Jesus is coming
soon, and if you aren't ready,
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you're gonna meet the judge
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and your eternal
destiny won't be good."
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He stood up before them
all that preacher and he said,
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"The day of the Lord is at hand,
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and who shall be able
to stand when He appeareth?
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And little Ellen, her
heart filled with fear
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to such an extent that
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when she got back in
the buggy that night,
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and her and her
brother Robert headed home,
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she didn't say a word.
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Went after a little
while all that had been heard
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was the continual rumble
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and clippety-clop
of the horses' hooves
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on the dry dirt road.
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Ellen finally looked
at her brother, "Robert?"
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"Yes, Ellen?"
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"Do you think God will spare
me to live till I get home?
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Or because I'm such a sinner,
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do you think He'll take
me in my great sins now?"
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And for the first time
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she realized
with Robert's delay,
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he too was feeling the fear.
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"Well, Ellen, I'm sure
if you ask Him and faith,
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He'll save you."
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And the two
rode home in silence,
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and that night Ellen
cried herself to sleep
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with a tear
running down her cheek
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in the early
hours of the morning.
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And just a few nights later,
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one of these troubled nights
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when Ellen finally drifted
off into a horrible fitful sleep
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she had a dream.
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And as she
dreamed, she looked out
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and there was all these
people going back and forth
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with their
buggies, with their wagons
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pulling loads, all were busy.
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And as she looked
past those people,
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she saw a temple
a little ways out.
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And then she learned
that all who must be saved
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must enter that temple.
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Well, Ellen thought,
"I'll just watch for a minute."
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And as she watched she saw
a few try to enter the temple,
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but as they did somebody
would come along and grab him
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by the arm, "Oh,
don't go in the temple,
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don't so waste your time,
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you're an embarrassment to
your family, come on, man."
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And Ellen thought, "Oh, my..."
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A timid little girl
as she was, she thought,
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"You know, I'll just wait
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for some of these
mean people to leave,
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and then I'll try to go and see
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if I can enter
the temple unharmed."
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But as she waited
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more and more
people came into that area
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and it got so congested,
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she realized she must leave
at once to enter the temple
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or it would be too late.
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And so little
Ellen got to her feet
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and started along
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and she reached the
door of that temple,
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and as she
walked in so beautiful
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and she looked up
there was this pillar
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right in the
center of the temple
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held up all the roof,
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and as she looked at
this pillar eyed it down,
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her eyes caught
something terrible.
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Right at the base of that
pillar was this little lamb,
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it just looked
like it been beat,
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and bruised, and battered,
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and it was
chained to the pillar.
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Oh, that's the lamb she thought.
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Oh, she thought that must
represent Jesus' sacrifice
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for my sins.
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And if I repent,
I'm sure I'll be saved,
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and then as she
looked a little higher,
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she noticed on the
other side of the pillar
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where all these elevated seats,
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and there was
people on the seats
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with great big smiles,
they just looked so happy.
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Ellen thought, "Boy,
if I repent on my sins,
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then I'm sure I'll be
happy like those people,
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and I'll get to
sit with those people."
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But just then, phew,
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all things vanished
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and there was Ellen
left standing alone.
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It was too late.
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And as she awoke
from that dreadful dream,
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didn't come from
Jesus by the way,
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that was a devil's dream.
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She awoke from that dream.
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You know, how dreams are
especially when you're a child,
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they're so vivid, so real.
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She despaired of life itself.
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She wished that it
would for ever end.
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She began to lose weight.
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She was so exhausted
and worn out all the time,
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she would faint.
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But just a few nights later,
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she once again fell
off into a fitful sleep.
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And as she did, she
dreamed another dream.
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And in this dream she
was looking out a window
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and it was so peaceful outside,
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everything was so green
and the birds were singing,
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it just looked
like such a happy world.
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And Ellen thought,
"Oh, why can't I be happy?"
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And her face just
fell into her hands
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and she began to cry,
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"Oh, Jesus, if you
were on this earth,
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I would go to You
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'cause I know You
wouldn't turn me away,
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and You would make me happy.
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I could tell
You all my troubles,
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and You would fix it."
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But just then her
thoughts were interrupted,
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a door behind her opened.
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She turned around.
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And there stood a
gentleman at the door.
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He looked down at her and said,
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"Ellen, would you
like to see Jesus?"
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"Oh, yes.
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Yes, I would like to
see Jesus," said Ellen.
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"Okay," he said,
"Gather your little things
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and come with me."
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And she followed the
gentleman, he went out,
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and went to a steep long,
long, long, long staircase.
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And as he started
up, he halted a minute,
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and he turned to
look at Ellen, he said,
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"Now, Ellen, keep your eyes up,
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many have tried this
way and they've fallen off."
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He climbed the staircase
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and Ellen
followed the gentleman.
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And as she got to the top,
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there was a door and
he looked at her again,
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said, "Ellen, are you
sure, you want to see Jesus?"
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"Oh, yes," said Ellen,
"I do want to see Jesus."
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"Okay."
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And he opened that door
and Ellen looked in that room
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and she saw Jesus.
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And she almost fell from fear,
she thought, "Oh, I a sinner,
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how could I ever
stand before Jesus?"
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But before she could,
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she saw these
tender eyes and a smile,
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and Ellen saw a friend,
and she fell at Jesus' feet.
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And Jesus as He
always does for His children,
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He reached out
and He put His hand
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on Ellen's shoulder and He said,
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"Oh, Ellen, you
have no need to fear."
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No need to fear
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Though doubt may wage its war
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Oppression's
storm beats at your door
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No need to fear
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No need to fear
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Though evil seems so strong
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The power of sin is not for long
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Be still my
soul and trust in God
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And place your
life into His hands
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For He will never
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Fail you
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And in the morning
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You'll see His face
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No need to fear
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Don't fear
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Don't fear Don't fear
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No need to fear
the evil and the scorn
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Of those who
boast in what they own
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No need to fear
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For what remains when
life's brief day is done
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Their glories are a setting sun
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But as for me of this I'm sure
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God has redeemed
my soul from death
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And He will never fail me
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And in the morning
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I'll see His face
00:18:47.19\00:18:51.99
And He will never fail you
00:19:01.94\00:19:09.44
No one can tear
you from His love
00:19:09.48\00:19:16.48
And He will never forsake you
00:19:16.52\00:19:24.46
And in the morning
00:19:24.49\00:19:27.70
You'll see His face
00:19:27.73\00:19:31.73
No need to fear
00:19:31.77\00:19:36.10
Don't fear
00:19:36.14\00:19:38.17
Don't fear Don't fear
00:19:38.21\00:19:42.08
Don't fear Don't fear
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Amen.
00:19:55.52\00:19:58.03
As Ellen got up from that dream,
00:19:58.06\00:20:00.13
oh, she was much encouraged.
00:20:00.16\00:20:03.67
She finally had the strength
to go talk to her mother.
00:20:03.70\00:20:06.03
And, you know, how mothers are,
00:20:06.07\00:20:07.97
they can always make
you feel so much better.
00:20:08.00\00:20:10.91
She said, "Mother, I've
been struggling so long,
00:20:10.94\00:20:16.88
I've wondered how
Jesus could save me."
00:20:16.91\00:20:18.95
And her mother said,
"Oh, Ellen, I could tell
00:20:21.88\00:20:24.55
you're losing
weight, you look so stressed.
00:20:24.59\00:20:28.82
Ellen, I'll tell
you what you should do.
00:20:28.86\00:20:32.49
Why don't you go
talk to Elder Stockman?
00:20:32.53\00:20:35.56
He is such a kind
gentleman and a man of God.
00:20:35.60\00:20:39.93
I just know he'll make you
feel so much better, Ellen.
00:20:39.97\00:20:42.60
Why don't you go
talk to Elder Stockman?"
00:20:42.64\00:20:45.51
So Ellen did.
00:20:45.54\00:20:47.51
Twelve year old Ellen
went and found Elder Stockman,
00:20:47.54\00:20:51.68
and she told Elder
Stockman all her troubles.
00:20:51.71\00:20:54.85
And Elder
Stockman looked at her,
00:20:57.85\00:21:01.56
and he put his hand
on her head, and he said,
00:21:01.59\00:21:03.69
"Oh, Ellen,
00:21:03.73\00:21:07.93
yours is a most
singular experience
00:21:07.96\00:21:11.13
for one your age.
00:21:11.17\00:21:14.54
God must be preparing
you for something special."
00:21:14.57\00:21:19.67
Amen.
00:21:19.71\00:21:21.21
"Ellen, just the fact
00:21:21.24\00:21:24.45
that you feel this way means
00:21:24.48\00:21:25.81
that God is still
striving with you.
00:21:25.85\00:21:28.35
Many people have
excused their sins for so long,
00:21:28.38\00:21:31.02
they feel just quite
okay the way they are.
00:21:31.05\00:21:35.39
But, Ellen, I want to tell you
00:21:35.42\00:21:38.83
what will make
all the difference."
00:21:38.86\00:21:42.20
And for just a few minutes
00:21:42.23\00:21:43.93
Elder Stockman told
Ellen of the love of Jesus.
00:21:43.97\00:21:50.01
She later wrote
00:21:53.21\00:21:55.64
in the
Testimonies for the Church,
00:21:55.68\00:21:57.98
Volume One, good
book to read by the way.
00:21:58.01\00:22:01.55
That those few
minutes with Elder Stockman,
00:22:01.58\00:22:03.62
she learned more
about the love of God
00:22:03.65\00:22:06.35
than she had
learned from all the sermons
00:22:06.39\00:22:08.22
and exhortations
from her whole life.
00:22:08.26\00:22:10.63
And then Elder Stockman
finished by saying this,
00:22:13.93\00:22:18.47
he said, "Go free, Ellen.
00:22:18.50\00:22:20.34
Return to your
home trusting in Jesus,
00:22:20.37\00:22:24.24
for He will not
withhold His love
00:22:24.27\00:22:26.94
from any true seeker."
00:22:26.98\00:22:29.71
And that night
there was a prayer meeting
00:22:33.55\00:22:35.78
and so Ellen attended
still under this heavy weight
00:22:35.82\00:22:40.49
that had been
nearly crushing her.
00:22:40.52\00:22:43.63
And she went to
the prayer meeting
00:22:43.66\00:22:44.99
first one person prayed
and then another prayed,
00:22:45.03\00:22:49.53
and Ellen says
before he even realized,
00:22:49.56\00:22:51.53
she realized to herself,
00:22:51.57\00:22:52.90
she had lifted her
own voice in prayer.
00:22:52.93\00:22:56.20
And she began to
claim these promises
00:22:56.24\00:22:58.44
that Elder
Stockman had given her.
00:22:58.47\00:23:00.58
She said, "It
seemed like the promises
00:23:00.61\00:23:02.31
were just gems for the taking
for those who wanted them."
00:23:02.34\00:23:06.05
And as she prayed that weight
00:23:06.08\00:23:09.02
that had discouraged
her for so long fell away.
00:23:09.05\00:23:15.32
And Ellen learned
a life long lesson
00:23:15.36\00:23:19.69
that as long as you
call on the name of Jesus,
00:23:19.73\00:23:22.36
you can ever fall any
further than your knees.
00:23:22.40\00:23:27.97
As you step into the unknown
00:23:37.15\00:23:44.59
I know you're frightened
00:23:44.62\00:23:47.72
And you feel alone
00:23:47.76\00:23:51.69
But there's
something you should understand
00:23:51.73\00:23:59.13
You are my child
00:23:59.17\00:24:02.44
You're in my hand
00:24:02.47\00:24:07.08
And I will
00:24:07.11\00:24:09.44
Never let you fall
00:24:09.48\00:24:15.35
This is a promise to believe
00:24:15.38\00:24:22.62
And I will
00:24:22.66\00:24:23.99
Never let you fall
00:24:24.03\00:24:31.00
Any further than your knees
00:24:31.03\00:24:36.84
Now I hear you
praying for a brother
00:24:43.95\00:24:50.99
And you're so afraid
00:24:51.02\00:24:54.42
He'll choose to blunder
00:24:54.46\00:24:58.29
But don't forget my love is true
00:24:58.33\00:25:06.13
And I will guide Him
00:25:06.17\00:25:09.40
As I've guided you
00:25:09.44\00:25:13.74
And I will
00:25:13.78\00:25:16.08
Never let him fall
00:25:16.11\00:25:22.45
This is a promise to believe
00:25:22.48\00:25:29.76
And I will never
00:25:29.79\00:25:31.79
Let him fall
00:25:31.83\00:25:38.47
Any further than his knees
00:25:38.50\00:25:46.21
And I will never let you fall
00:26:00.26\00:26:04.53
This is a promise to believe
00:26:08.36\00:26:16.07
I will never
00:26:16.10\00:26:18.01
Let you fall
00:26:18.04\00:26:25.45
Any further than
00:26:25.48\00:26:30.29
Any further than
00:26:30.32\00:26:34.26
Never further than your knees
00:26:34.29\00:26:42.16
Of course, Jesus
didn't come in 1843,
00:26:49.17\00:26:52.87
so people got together
00:26:52.91\00:26:55.34
and they started to study again.
00:26:55.38\00:26:58.01
Realized they
messed up their math
00:26:58.05\00:26:59.71
and they hadn't
fully understood prophecy.
00:26:59.75\00:27:03.25
So they narrowed it
down to October 22, 1844
00:27:03.28\00:27:10.09
that was the
date Jesus would come.
00:27:10.13\00:27:14.43
And many people gave
all, they were ready,
00:27:14.46\00:27:18.03
they wanted Jesus to come.
00:27:18.07\00:27:21.14
One individual
turned farmer to preacher
00:27:21.17\00:27:24.51
by the name of Hiram Edson,
00:27:24.54\00:27:28.04
he sold all he
had, he printed tracks,
00:27:28.08\00:27:31.75
and he began to
preach Jesus is coming.
00:27:31.78\00:27:34.82
He went around to his neighbors
00:27:34.85\00:27:36.25
and he preached
to his neighbors.
00:27:36.28\00:27:38.42
It's actually reported
that on October 22, 1844
00:27:42.12\00:27:45.69
when Hiram Edson
was waiting for Jesus
00:27:45.73\00:27:47.30
to come between 300 to 400
of his friends and neighbors
00:27:47.33\00:27:50.73
were right there
waiting with him.
00:27:50.77\00:27:52.43
Now that's an evangelist.
00:27:52.47\00:27:55.44
Well, they preached
00:27:55.47\00:28:00.38
and they prepared,
00:28:00.41\00:28:01.98
and then the day
came October 22, 1844.
00:28:02.01\00:28:08.92
Hiram Edson went outside
and he found the perfect place,
00:28:08.95\00:28:12.49
he could watch the sky,
and he would see Jesus come,
00:28:12.52\00:28:15.79
his friends and
neighbors surrounded him
00:28:15.82\00:28:18.99
and they waited,
00:28:19.03\00:28:22.36
but the day kept taken along.
00:28:22.40\00:28:27.90
And that
continual tick of the clock
00:28:27.94\00:28:31.11
became the worst
sound they had ever heard.
00:28:31.14\00:28:35.14
And every hour it
would bong out the hour
00:28:35.18\00:28:42.52
until with hearts that sink
00:28:42.55\00:28:48.49
the clock called out midnight.
00:28:48.52\00:28:52.89
October 22 had come and gone,
00:28:52.93\00:28:56.80
and Jesus did not come.
00:28:56.83\00:29:01.50
And Hiram Edson
was so disappointed,
00:29:01.54\00:29:06.71
he didn't have the
courage to get to his feet,
00:29:06.74\00:29:09.18
and he stayed in that field
00:29:09.21\00:29:10.55
and wept all night
long until the sun rose.
00:29:10.58\00:29:16.75
And James White
heard it said by a brother,
00:29:16.79\00:29:22.66
"Well, I guess we
should get ready for winter now
00:29:22.69\00:29:25.99
and when it dawned on him,
00:29:26.03\00:29:27.36
we'd have to spend
another winter on this earth."
00:29:27.40\00:29:29.23
He fled the
building and went outside
00:29:29.26\00:29:30.97
and he wrote himself
that he wept like a child.
00:29:31.00\00:29:37.87
One preacher had been
preaching that Jesus was coming.
00:29:37.91\00:29:44.58
And just a few weeks before
00:29:44.61\00:29:46.58
the date this preacher
was walking down the road.
00:29:46.61\00:29:52.25
Elder Fitch was
his name and as he did,
00:29:52.29\00:29:54.19
he saw a whole
group of people coming
00:29:54.22\00:29:55.82
and they said, "Oh, Elder Fitch,
00:29:55.86\00:29:57.23
we want to be baptized,
00:29:57.26\00:29:58.93
we just so want to be
baptized before Jesus come,
00:29:58.96\00:30:01.13
will you baptize us?
00:30:01.16\00:30:02.70
Please, Elder Fitch."
00:30:02.73\00:30:04.07
Of course, it was
October and it's a cold October.
00:30:04.10\00:30:06.57
Well said Elder Fitch, "I
wouldn't turn anyone away."
00:30:06.60\00:30:09.64
And he went away
and he turned around
00:30:09.67\00:30:11.17
and he walked off to the river,
00:30:11.21\00:30:13.94
and there he baptized
that whole group of people
00:30:13.98\00:30:16.48
in that freezing cold water.
00:30:16.51\00:30:20.08
And then shivering
Elder Fitch got out
00:30:20.12\00:30:22.15
and he began to walk home,
00:30:22.18\00:30:25.59
there it came
another group of people,
00:30:25.62\00:30:27.16
"Oh, Elder Fitch,
00:30:27.19\00:30:28.56
please we want to be
baptized before Jesus comes,
00:30:28.59\00:30:32.06
will you baptize
us, Elder Fitch."
00:30:32.09\00:30:35.66
"Okay, let's go
back to the water."
00:30:35.70\00:30:38.50
And poor Elder Fitch walked back
00:30:38.53\00:30:40.80
and he got in that cold river,
00:30:40.84\00:30:42.67
and he baptized the
whole crowd of people,
00:30:42.70\00:30:47.24
and he came out
chilled to the bone,
00:30:47.28\00:30:51.05
hardly could feel his toes.
00:30:51.08\00:30:55.92
And he caught a sight,
00:30:55.95\00:30:57.29
here came a
third group of people,
00:30:57.32\00:30:58.65
"Oh, Elder Fitch,
00:30:58.69\00:31:00.09
we want to be
baptized before Jesus comes,
00:31:00.12\00:31:01.99
will you baptize us?"
00:31:02.02\00:31:03.36
"Okay."
00:31:06.49\00:31:07.90
They went back to that water,
00:31:07.93\00:31:09.90
and Elder Fitch baptized
00:31:09.93\00:31:11.43
every one that day
who wanted to be baptized.
00:31:11.47\00:31:16.71
He made his way back home
he caught pneumonia and died,
00:31:16.74\00:31:21.01
eight days
before Jesus would come.
00:31:21.04\00:31:22.84
And his little children were sad
00:31:26.72\00:31:28.42
as they watched
their daddy be buried,
00:31:28.45\00:31:32.99
but mommy said,
"Oh, children, it's okay.
00:31:33.02\00:31:36.59
Daddy is coming
in just eight days,
00:31:36.62\00:31:40.00
in just eight
days you'll see daddy."
00:31:40.03\00:31:43.97
And so when
October 22 came around,
00:31:44.00\00:31:46.60
they excitedly came up to mommy,
00:31:46.63\00:31:48.24
"Mommy, when is daddy coming?"
00:31:48.27\00:31:51.14
They knew the answer, but
they want to hear it again.
00:31:51.17\00:31:52.87
"Oh, children,
today you'll see daddy."
00:31:52.91\00:31:56.14
But on October 23,
00:32:00.12\00:32:04.25
they came in sobbing,
00:32:04.29\00:32:05.95
"Mommy,
00:32:05.99\00:32:09.39
when are we gonna see daddy?"
00:32:09.42\00:32:13.60
All there hopes,
00:32:13.63\00:32:17.57
all they had was tied up
00:32:17.60\00:32:21.20
in the desire to go to
heaven and to be with Jesus.
00:32:21.24\00:32:24.94
I wanna go to heaven and
pick a never fading flower
00:32:44.49\00:32:50.57
From the mountain overlooking
00:32:50.60\00:32:54.34
The temple of my God
00:32:54.37\00:32:59.01
I wanna go to heaven
00:32:59.04\00:33:01.41
Where all is light and glory
00:33:01.44\00:33:05.01
How I long to be with Jesus!
00:33:05.05\00:33:08.82
How I long to be with God!
00:33:08.85\00:33:13.46
Some times I think I
can stay here no longer
00:33:13.49\00:33:20.76
I feel very lonely here
00:33:20.80\00:33:22.96
For I've seen a better land
00:33:23.00\00:33:27.24
Oh! that I had wings like a dove
00:33:27.27\00:33:33.44
Then would I fly away
00:33:33.48\00:33:36.98
And be at rest
00:33:37.01\00:33:40.32
I wanna go to heaven I
wanna hear the voice of Jesus
00:33:45.85\00:33:51.86
I've washed your
robes in my blood
00:33:51.89\00:33:55.50
You stood stiffly for my truth.
00:33:55.53\00:34:00.04
And when I get to heaven
00:34:00.07\00:34:02.37
I'll cast my
crown at Jesus feet!
00:34:02.40\00:34:06.04
I wanna praise His name forever!
00:34:06.07\00:34:09.84
For He has done so much for me!
00:34:09.88\00:34:14.65
Some times I think
00:34:14.68\00:34:17.39
I can stay here no longer
00:34:17.42\00:34:21.99
I feel very lonely here
00:34:22.02\00:34:24.23
For I've seen a better land
00:34:24.26\00:34:28.53
Oh! that I had wings like a dove
00:34:28.56\00:34:34.90
Then would I fly away
00:34:34.94\00:34:38.57
And be at rest
00:34:38.61\00:34:42.28
I wanna go to heaven
00:35:08.64\00:35:11.11
I wanna hear the voice of Jesus
00:35:11.14\00:35:14.81
I will gird myself and serve You
00:35:14.84\00:35:18.48
For You suffered much for me.
00:35:18.51\00:35:23.22
And when I get to heaven
I wanna sit at Jesus' table!
00:35:23.25\00:35:28.92
Oh! to eat the
fruit of that land
00:35:28.96\00:35:32.79
To go back to earth no more!
00:35:32.83\00:35:37.57
Some times I think I
can stay here no longer
00:35:37.60\00:35:44.91
I feel very lonely here
00:35:44.94\00:35:47.18
For I've seen a better land
00:35:47.21\00:35:51.31
Oh! that I had wings like a dove
00:35:51.35\00:35:57.82
Then would I fly away,
00:35:57.85\00:36:01.29
And be at rest
00:36:01.32\00:36:06.09
Oh! that I had wings like a dove
00:36:06.13\00:36:12.37
Then would I fly away
00:36:12.40\00:36:15.84
Then would I fly away
00:36:15.87\00:36:23.45
And be at rest
00:36:23.48\00:36:26.92
Amen! Amen!
00:36:42.26\00:36:45.63
Elder Edson out there,
00:36:45.67\00:36:50.17
wept the night away
until the sun came up.
00:36:50.21\00:36:53.11
And then he called out to
his few friends still there.
00:36:56.58\00:36:59.08
You know, how these things are,
00:36:59.11\00:37:00.45
disappointments weeds
the crowd out real fast.
00:37:00.48\00:37:03.89
But a few remained and he said,
00:37:03.92\00:37:06.65
"Well, friends,
00:37:06.69\00:37:09.76
let's go off to
the barn and pray."
00:37:09.79\00:37:13.36
So they went
off to Elder Edson's
00:37:13.40\00:37:14.83
little granary
there and they knelt down
00:37:14.86\00:37:16.70
and they prayed.
00:37:16.73\00:37:18.73
"Lord, why?
00:37:18.77\00:37:22.10
What did we miss?
00:37:22.14\00:37:24.91
Why disappoint us?
00:37:24.94\00:37:27.21
We studied, we thought we knew,
00:37:27.24\00:37:30.81
what do we make of this?
00:37:30.85\00:37:32.18
What do we do now?
00:37:32.21\00:37:34.35
Lord, please show
us the next step."
00:37:34.38\00:37:38.65
And they didn't get the answer.
00:37:38.69\00:37:41.89
And they began to keep praying,
"Lord, please, why, help us."
00:37:41.92\00:37:47.10
And they still
didn't get the answer,
00:37:47.13\00:37:49.10
but they got the assurance
00:37:49.13\00:37:51.87
that Jesus knew
what He was doing,
00:37:51.90\00:37:53.74
and He would make
sense of the whole thing,
00:37:53.77\00:37:56.40
and that was
good enough for them.
00:37:56.44\00:37:59.67
And they got up off their knees
00:37:59.71\00:38:01.04
and they walked
off into the house,
00:38:01.08\00:38:03.45
they did one of
those impromptu breakfasts,
00:38:03.48\00:38:05.31
you know, nothing
planned open the cupboards,
00:38:05.35\00:38:07.15
get what you can,
get a little to eat.
00:38:07.18\00:38:11.02
And then Elder Edson
00:38:11.05\00:38:12.75
turned to his good
friend Elder Crosier,
00:38:12.79\00:38:14.39
he said, "Well, Elder Crosier,
00:38:14.42\00:38:16.76
why don't we
cross the cornfield,
00:38:16.79\00:38:18.59
there are some believers
over on the other side,
00:38:18.63\00:38:21.63
they were looking
for Jesus to come.
00:38:21.66\00:38:23.57
I'm sure they're discouraged.
00:38:23.60\00:38:25.83
Let's go, try to encourage
them and pray with them."
00:38:25.87\00:38:28.34
"Okay," said Elder
Crosier, "Sure, let's go."
00:38:28.37\00:38:31.11
So the two men started out
and as they crossed the field
00:38:31.14\00:38:35.54
Brother Crosier was
so deep in thoughts,
00:38:35.58\00:38:38.01
he hadn't noticed
00:38:38.05\00:38:39.88
that Brother Hiram
Edson had stopped walking,
00:38:39.91\00:38:43.12
and there he stood,
Elder Crosier kept going,
00:38:43.15\00:38:47.06
and after some time he realized,
00:38:47.09\00:38:48.52
"Hey, where is Brother Edson?"
00:38:48.56\00:38:49.89
He turned around,
he was way back there
00:38:49.92\00:38:51.26
in the field.
00:38:51.29\00:38:52.63
"Hey, Brother
Edson, are you coming?
00:38:52.66\00:38:54.00
What's up?"
00:38:54.03\00:38:55.36
And he looked
00:38:55.40\00:38:56.73
and there was
Brother Edson deep in thought
00:38:56.77\00:38:59.33
and as he came
back Brother Edson said,
00:38:59.37\00:39:01.87
"Oh, I now know,
00:39:01.90\00:39:05.44
I now understand,
00:39:05.47\00:39:08.34
Jesus wasn't
coming to this earth
00:39:08.38\00:39:10.51
to cleanse this
earth like we thought
00:39:10.55\00:39:12.31
to take us home,
00:39:12.35\00:39:14.38
there's a heavenly sanctuary,
00:39:14.42\00:39:16.62
He's gone in there,
00:39:16.65\00:39:19.95
He's doing a work there."
00:39:19.99\00:39:22.69
And that began a long study,
00:39:22.72\00:39:25.39
the believers
would open their Bibles,
00:39:25.43\00:39:27.10
they'd sit around the table,
00:39:27.13\00:39:28.46
and they would look for
a verse that would explain.
00:39:28.50\00:39:30.73
And if they couldn't find it
00:39:30.77\00:39:32.10
they would go
down on their knees.
00:39:32.13\00:39:34.37
And once they were impressed
where to look in their Bibles,
00:39:34.40\00:39:37.41
they'd get up and
they'd find the answer,
00:39:37.44\00:39:39.77
and then they would be confused,
00:39:39.81\00:39:41.14
and they would go on their knees
00:39:41.18\00:39:42.51
and they would pray,
and they would get up,
00:39:42.54\00:39:46.31
and they realized
00:39:46.35\00:39:48.05
that what
happened was on that day
00:39:48.08\00:39:49.68
that they were
also disappointed,
00:39:49.72\00:39:51.42
Jesus didn't come
here to take us home,
00:39:51.45\00:39:54.39
it wasn't
judgment day in that sense,
00:39:54.42\00:39:56.46
it was a different
kind of judgment day.
00:39:56.49\00:39:58.49
Jesus has gone
into the most holy place
00:39:58.53\00:40:00.60
of the sanctuary
00:40:00.63\00:40:03.10
there to
intercede for you and me.
00:40:03.13\00:40:07.50
There He's dedicated His work,
00:40:07.54\00:40:09.24
He's doing all He can
00:40:09.27\00:40:10.84
to see that you
and I make it up there.
00:40:10.87\00:40:16.11
In the sanctuary,
Jesus is interceding for us.
00:40:16.14\00:40:20.38
We have a High Priest
00:40:34.50\00:40:38.40
Up in heaven
00:40:38.43\00:40:41.80
Hallelujah
00:40:41.84\00:40:45.11
Oh, hallelujah
00:40:45.14\00:40:48.51
He's our
Defender before the Father
00:40:48.54\00:40:56.22
In the temple
made by God not man
00:40:56.25\00:41:02.66
Behind the veil
in a placemost holy
00:41:02.69\00:41:10.07
Hallelujah,
00:41:10.10\00:41:13.23
Oh, hallelujah
00:41:13.27\00:41:16.84
Investigating,
00:41:16.87\00:41:20.31
He clears the record
00:41:20.34\00:41:24.81
Of those
redeemed by His own blood
00:41:24.85\00:41:30.89
He's blotting out my sin
00:41:30.92\00:41:37.49
In the sanctuary
00:41:37.53\00:41:45.07
He seals my bond with Him
00:41:45.10\00:41:51.77
In the sanctuary
00:41:51.81\00:41:56.24
Up in heaven
00:41:56.28\00:42:01.18
He makes provision for me
00:42:01.22\00:42:06.05
In the sanctuary
00:42:06.09\00:42:13.73
He's purifying heaven's temple
00:42:13.76\00:42:21.07
Hallelujah
00:42:21.10\00:42:24.14
Oh, hallelujah
00:42:24.17\00:42:27.88
In preparation for His returning
00:42:27.91\00:42:35.88
For those who
love and follow Him
00:42:35.92\00:42:42.16
He's blotting out my sin
00:42:42.19\00:42:48.90
In the sanctuary
00:42:48.93\00:42:56.71
He seals my bond with Him
00:42:56.74\00:43:03.48
In the sanctuary
00:43:03.51\00:43:08.08
up in heaven
00:43:08.12\00:43:12.89
He makes provision for me
00:43:12.92\00:43:17.86
In the sanctuary
00:43:17.89\00:43:22.20
At the mercy seat
00:43:22.23\00:43:25.90
In the holy of holies
00:43:25.93\00:43:32.67
In the holy of holies
00:43:32.71\00:43:39.81
We meet
00:43:39.85\00:43:47.16
He's blotting out my sin
00:43:47.19\00:43:53.86
In the sanctuary
00:43:53.90\00:44:01.34
He seals my bond with Him
00:44:01.37\00:44:08.04
In the sanctuary
00:44:08.08\00:44:12.51
Up in heaven
00:44:12.55\00:44:17.35
He makes provision for me
00:44:17.39\00:44:22.32
In the sanctuary
00:44:22.36\00:44:25.76
In the sanctuary
00:44:29.60\00:44:33.03
In the sanctuary
00:44:37.07\00:44:44.95
Amen.
00:44:54.99\00:44:56.69
Oh, they were so encouraged
when they learned that.
00:44:56.73\00:45:01.36
But the courage didn't
come so easy to all of them, no.
00:45:01.40\00:45:05.47
One brother by the
name of Samuel Rhodes,
00:45:05.50\00:45:08.54
year before the
expected date of Jesus' return
00:45:08.57\00:45:11.74
he had sold his
farm, he'd use the money,
00:45:11.77\00:45:14.78
he printed tracks and
he went around to preach.
00:45:14.81\00:45:19.15
He was a man described
having a lot of dash and verve.
00:45:19.18\00:45:23.49
People referred
to him as the Peter,
00:45:23.52\00:45:25.92
the one who could preach,
00:45:25.95\00:45:27.66
and he preached
that Jesus was coming,
00:45:27.69\00:45:29.86
and when Jesus didn't come
he didn't take it too well.
00:45:29.89\00:45:35.13
And as he go to town people,
00:45:35.16\00:45:37.07
"Hey, Brother Rhodes,
00:45:37.10\00:45:41.00
still here I see, are
you going the next time,
00:45:41.04\00:45:45.04
we're good enough, ah,
oh, well have a nice day."
00:45:45.07\00:45:48.38
And the taunts and the
jeers got to be too much.
00:45:48.41\00:45:53.31
And finally, one day
Brother Samuel Rhodes
00:45:53.35\00:45:56.62
he got his pony,
00:45:56.65\00:45:58.29
grabbed a few hand
tools, he hopped up on his pony,
00:45:58.32\00:46:01.66
and with a bit lip, he said,
00:46:01.69\00:46:03.29
"Goodbye, world,
I'm leaving you."
00:46:03.32\00:46:05.36
And he rode off.
00:46:05.39\00:46:06.80
By the way if you're
gonna try to leave the world,
00:46:06.83\00:46:08.16
don't do it on a pony,
it doesn't work very well.
00:46:08.20\00:46:10.10
But he tried and off he rode.
00:46:10.13\00:46:14.17
He left Oswego,
New York State he lived
00:46:14.20\00:46:16.71
and he rode 70
miles east to Boonville.
00:46:16.74\00:46:21.88
And then not named
after Daniel Boone by the way,
00:46:21.91\00:46:23.95
it was named
after Garrett Boone,
00:46:23.98\00:46:25.91
he was an agent
for a land company.
00:46:25.95\00:46:29.22
Anyway Elder
Rhodes rode his pony
00:46:29.25\00:46:31.22
down in Indian trail
few miles past Boonville,
00:46:31.25\00:46:34.96
crossed the Black River
00:46:34.99\00:46:36.93
which is kind of the foothills
of the Adirondack Mountains,
00:46:36.96\00:46:41.53
cleared a little plot of
land and he built a little cabin
00:46:41.56\00:46:44.47
and he just lived like a hermit,
00:46:44.50\00:46:46.43
and every day he
felt more rejected of God
00:46:46.47\00:46:48.74
and despised of men.
00:46:48.77\00:46:52.64
Well, Brother Edson
tried and he would go to visit
00:46:52.67\00:46:57.88
Samuel Rhodes and said,
00:46:57.91\00:46:59.25
"Samuel, come on
back, Jesus loves you,
00:46:59.28\00:47:03.28
you don't have
to be discouraged,
00:47:03.32\00:47:05.45
Jesus loves you, come back."
00:47:05.49\00:47:07.86
Samuel Rhodes had none of it.
00:47:07.89\00:47:11.56
Brother Edson talked to
Ellen White by this time,
00:47:11.59\00:47:15.03
she was now
married, and she said,
00:47:15.06\00:47:17.47
"Well, I'd tell you
that Brother Rhodes,
00:47:17.50\00:47:19.83
he's so far gone, I
wouldn't even mess with him."
00:47:19.87\00:47:22.67
He doesn't deserve the
sympathy we're giving him.
00:47:22.70\00:47:25.11
But then she was
impressed by Jesus
00:47:25.14\00:47:27.18
that was a mistake,
00:47:27.21\00:47:28.64
and the people
could be brought back.
00:47:28.68\00:47:31.35
So she went back
to Brother Edson,
00:47:31.38\00:47:33.38
and she said, "I tell you what,
00:47:33.42\00:47:34.75
why don't you go
try to get Samuel Rhodes
00:47:34.78\00:47:36.12
and bring him back."
00:47:36.15\00:47:37.49
So he rode 70
miles to Boonville,
00:47:37.52\00:47:40.49
cross the Black River,
00:47:40.52\00:47:42.69
and there he saw
00:47:42.72\00:47:44.06
Brother Samuel Rhodes
out working in his field.
00:47:44.09\00:47:48.96
And as he walked up a
friend that was with Edson
00:47:49.00\00:47:51.80
by the name of
Richard Ralph called out,
00:47:51.83\00:47:54.77
"Brother Rhodes, greetings."
00:47:54.80\00:47:57.57
And Brother Rhodes looked up
00:47:57.61\00:47:59.44
and saw Richard
Ralph and Hiram Edson.
00:47:59.47\00:48:01.41
And I'll tell you, he
was none too welcoming.
00:48:01.44\00:48:03.98
"Well, hello, what do you want?"
00:48:04.01\00:48:08.88
"Oh, Brother, said
Edson, Jesus loves you.
00:48:08.92\00:48:13.25
We're here to bring you back."
00:48:13.29\00:48:17.83
He said, "Why
don't you come with us,
00:48:17.86\00:48:19.19
Brother Rhodes?
00:48:19.23\00:48:20.56
We're having meetings."
00:48:20.60\00:48:22.26
"Well, I can't go today.
00:48:22.30\00:48:24.50
I've got really
way too much to deal,
00:48:24.53\00:48:26.43
maybe tomorrow."
00:48:26.47\00:48:27.80
He really didn't have
anything to do that day,
00:48:27.84\00:48:29.90
but Hiram Edson
wasn't about to be outdone,
00:48:29.94\00:48:31.91
he said, "Okay, no problem."
00:48:31.94\00:48:33.54
And Hiram Edson
stayed there all night.
00:48:33.58\00:48:35.68
And then the next day, he
said, "Well, Brother Rhodes,
00:48:35.71\00:48:38.21
I'm sure now
you're ready to go."
00:48:38.25\00:48:40.98
Well, "Okay," said
Brother Rhodes, "I guess."
00:48:41.02\00:48:45.19
And so they started
walking across the Black River
00:48:45.22\00:48:49.99
and started down
that Indian trail
00:48:50.03\00:48:52.73
when all of a
sudden Brother Rhodes
00:48:52.76\00:48:54.56
who was in the back of the line,
00:48:54.60\00:48:56.36
split, and broke,
00:48:56.40\00:48:58.07
and he took off running
00:48:58.10\00:48:59.43
full speed as fast as
he could through the woods,
00:48:59.47\00:49:01.80
and as he ran,
00:49:01.84\00:49:03.71
Elder Edson wasn't
about to be outdone,
00:49:03.74\00:49:05.44
he turned around,
and he chased him.
00:49:05.47\00:49:07.08
It was like two
squirrels going mad
00:49:07.11\00:49:09.28
through the forest.
00:49:09.31\00:49:10.65
Brother Samuel Rhodes is running
00:49:10.68\00:49:12.01
and he had an advantage,
00:49:12.05\00:49:13.38
this was his
terrain, he knew it.
00:49:13.42\00:49:15.08
And as he ran, he
was trying to lose
00:49:15.12\00:49:17.62
Brother Hiram Edson,
00:49:17.65\00:49:18.99
and he was
running around the trees
00:49:19.02\00:49:20.36
and over the hills.
00:49:20.39\00:49:21.72
But Brother Edson
00:49:21.76\00:49:23.09
had an advantage and
that was determination,
00:49:23.12\00:49:24.46
he wasn't about to
let this Samuel Rhodes
00:49:24.49\00:49:26.19
get away from him,
00:49:26.23\00:49:27.56
and he continued
after Samuel Rhodes.
00:49:27.60\00:49:29.33
And as Brother
Edson came running around
00:49:29.36\00:49:31.63
this large clump of bushes,
00:49:31.67\00:49:36.20
he saw Brother Rhodes,
00:49:36.24\00:49:40.38
he was at the edge of a
clearing down on his knees
00:49:40.41\00:49:45.55
with his face in
his hands crying,
00:49:45.58\00:49:51.05
"Oh, Jesus,
00:49:51.09\00:49:54.42
why do my brethren love me so?
00:49:54.46\00:49:58.33
Why do they seek me like this?
00:49:58.36\00:50:02.66
Jesus,
00:50:02.70\00:50:04.70
is it possible You
love me like this?"
00:50:04.73\00:50:07.14
And Brother Hiram Edson
00:50:10.67\00:50:13.71
had the great
privilege walking up,
00:50:13.74\00:50:17.38
putting his hand
00:50:17.41\00:50:19.11
on the shoulder
of Brother Rhodes
00:50:19.15\00:50:22.22
and telling Brother Rhodes that,
00:50:22.25\00:50:23.62
"Yes, Jesus
loves you like this."
00:50:23.65\00:50:29.59
And Jesus grace,
00:50:29.62\00:50:32.66
it's so amazing,
it will cover you.
00:50:32.69\00:50:36.00
My faithful Father
00:50:53.21\00:51:00.16
Enduring friend
00:51:00.19\00:51:04.33
Your tender
mercy is like a river
00:51:04.36\00:51:10.57
With no end
00:51:10.60\00:51:13.54
It overwhelms me
00:51:13.57\00:51:19.51
And covers my sin
00:51:19.54\00:51:24.31
Each time I come
into Your presence
00:51:24.35\00:51:30.89
I stand in wonder once again
00:51:30.92\00:51:38.86
Your grace still amazes me
00:51:38.89\00:51:45.40
Your love is still a mystery
00:51:45.43\00:51:52.24
Each day
00:51:52.27\00:51:55.44
I fall on my knees
00:51:55.48\00:52:00.38
And ask Your blood to cover me
00:52:00.42\00:52:07.76
Your grace still amazes me
00:52:07.79\00:52:15.00
Oh, patient Savior
00:52:27.11\00:52:34.18
You make me whole
00:52:34.22\00:52:38.29
You are the
author and the finisher
00:52:38.32\00:52:45.06
Of my faith
00:52:45.09\00:52:48.06
What can I give You
00:52:48.10\00:52:54.04
Lord, what can I say
00:52:54.07\00:52:58.91
I know there's
no way to repay You
00:52:58.94\00:53:05.78
Only to offer You
00:53:05.81\00:53:09.98
My heart
00:53:10.02\00:53:13.82
Your grace still amazes me
00:53:13.86\00:53:20.90
Your love is still a mystery
00:53:20.93\00:53:27.57
Each day I fall on my knees
00:53:27.60\00:53:35.24
And ask Your blood to cover me
00:53:35.28\00:53:42.78
Your grace still amazes me
00:53:42.82\00:53:47.72
I'll walk with and see my sin
00:53:47.76\00:53:54.30
How can your love extend to me
00:53:54.33\00:54:00.84
The price You paid
00:54:00.87\00:54:03.91
The gift You gave
00:54:03.94\00:54:07.01
Your majesty
00:54:07.04\00:54:10.15
It's so much more than anything
00:54:10.18\00:54:16.02
My eyes have seen
00:54:16.05\00:54:18.92
Your grace still amazes me
00:54:18.95\00:54:25.69
Your love is still a mystery
00:54:25.73\00:54:32.73
Each day I fall on my knees
00:54:32.77\00:54:40.58
And ask Your love to cover me
00:54:40.61\00:54:48.38
Your grace still amazes
00:54:48.42\00:54:55.42
Me
00:54:55.46\00:55:03.10
Well, after that experience,
00:55:17.21\00:55:20.05
Samuel Rhodes was happy
to follow Brother Edson,
00:55:20.08\00:55:23.65
and they went back together.
00:55:23.69\00:55:26.02
And Samuel Rhodes began
00:55:26.05\00:55:28.62
to study the Bible
with these brothers
00:55:28.66\00:55:30.39
and see all he had missed,
00:55:30.43\00:55:32.36
he heard of the
three angels' message,
00:55:32.39\00:55:34.16
understood what judgment
was happening up in heaven.
00:55:34.20\00:55:38.33
It was later
written down by James White,
00:55:41.84\00:55:48.21
he said, "No man has ever
00:55:48.24\00:55:51.41
more freely given all
for a treasure in heaven
00:55:51.45\00:55:54.72
than Brother Rhodes.
00:55:54.75\00:55:56.32
His commendable
zeal in the cause
00:55:56.35\00:55:58.82
and success in
convincing people of truth
00:55:58.85\00:56:02.06
has caused our enemies
to wickedly reproach him."
00:56:02.09\00:56:05.46
You know, I don't know
each of you here tonight
00:56:10.20\00:56:12.27
or this afternoon,
00:56:12.30\00:56:14.34
but even if I knew
all of you by name,
00:56:14.37\00:56:17.17
I could never know
00:56:17.21\00:56:19.17
all the secrets of your heart.
00:56:19.21\00:56:21.91
But maybe one of you,
00:56:25.05\00:56:27.68
maybe you are like young Ellen,
00:56:27.72\00:56:30.72
you're fearful, "How
could I ever be ready?
00:56:30.75\00:56:34.99
How could I stand
before the judge a sinner?"
00:56:35.02\00:56:40.26
And if that's you,
00:56:40.30\00:56:42.46
I come to you in the
place of Elder Stockman
00:56:42.50\00:56:47.14
to tell you of
the love of Jesus,
00:56:47.17\00:56:51.17
a Savior wanting to save you.
00:56:51.21\00:56:53.58
Now maybe the reason
00:56:59.91\00:57:01.42
you feel uneasy
about Jesus coming,
00:57:01.45\00:57:05.72
is because you
know there is something
00:57:05.75\00:57:07.19
you've been keeping
between Him and you.
00:57:07.22\00:57:10.79
And if that's the deal, friends,
00:57:10.83\00:57:12.49
you need to deal with it.
00:57:12.53\00:57:13.86
You know that job
that you've been working
00:57:16.63\00:57:18.03
a little too late on Friday,
00:57:18.07\00:57:19.77
it's time to
get that dealt with.
00:57:19.80\00:57:23.14
You can have the peace
that passes understanding,
00:57:23.17\00:57:25.34
but you need to
get these barriers
00:57:25.37\00:57:26.71
between you and Jesus out.
00:57:26.74\00:57:30.41
And I want to
tell you something,
00:57:30.45\00:57:31.98
if you think you have
something that's so little,
00:57:32.01\00:57:34.28
that there's no way
00:57:34.32\00:57:35.65
could ever really
get between you and Jesus
00:57:35.68\00:57:37.45
and after all even if it
did, you get rid of it later.
00:57:37.49\00:57:41.32
You're already confused.
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There is nothing
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that can go between you
and Jesus that is little.
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If it's been
between the two of you,
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it's a big deal.
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You know, growing up
through my teen years,
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and then into my 20s,
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I've had many,
many wonderful friends,
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mission minded friends,
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the friends that
would get together with me
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in the evening and pray,
would go to give Bible studies.
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And did you know now,
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I can count on one
hand the number of friends
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who have kept their faith.
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And it all started
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with something
between them and Jesus
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that was just very little.
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So I'm going to ask you,
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if you want to experience
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that peace that
passes understanding,
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if you want to hear
sermons on the judgment
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without losing your sleep,
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then give all to Jesus.
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If there's something you want
to give up to get the Jesus,
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I'm just gonna ask you to stand.
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