The revolution of years is silently bringing nearer and nearer the evening time of the mortal world. God's administration of this world's affairs is approaching a glorious completion. The mystery and darkness that now invest His throne will be dissipated, and his ways shall be justified before the assembled universe. The hands of the clock of time are moving on, slowly and silently, to an hour which shall be universally known and felt, soon as it is reached, as the end of Time. Oh, that last evening time of the world, what pen can adequately picture it? The cloudy day of Providence will end, and in the light of the great white throne of judgment the grandest vindication of His government will be made by Jehovah Himself! The reason and equity of his acts will no longer appear uncertain. A thousand queries, suggested by as many strange things of our present state, will be answered. The prayer of the old reformer, that we offer, now and then as we are brought under darkness, "more light, Lord; more light, more light!" will be granted in a manner that will awe us down into the profoundest attitude of thankfulness.
Then will there be made an adjustment of contrary things. Innocence will be vindicated and rewarded, and guilt exposed and punished. Hypocrisies will be bared to the sight of ten times ten thousand angelic witnesses, and sincerity will lift up its face without a blush. Inequalities of rank and condition will be rectified. Good and evil will be forever separated. Truth and error will dissolve companionship. The right shall be established and the wrong put down. Justice will be administered by One who cannot err. Merit will be recognized and receive its due reward, and mere pretense will be put to shame. Oh! what a clearing away of mists there will be! What startling revelations will be made! And the finale of that wonderful scene of the last judgment the voices of ten times ten thousand angels and archangels, joining with the hosts of the saved from earth, shall be heard exclaiming, "Blessing and honor, and power, and glory be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne! Great and marvelous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty, just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of Saints!"
by Rev. W. H. Lickenback
