"I have sworn by myself, . . . That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come;
and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed."
Isa. 45:23, 24.
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"Amid the ransomed throng are the apostles of Christ, the heroic Paul, the ardent Peter, the loved
and loving John, and their truehearted brethren, and with them the vast host of martyrs; while
outside the walls, with every vile and abominable thing, are those by whom they were
persecuted, imprisoned, and slain. There is Nero, that monster of cruelty and vice, beholding the
joy and exaltation of those whom he once tortured, and in whose extremest anguish he found
satanic delight. His mother is there to witness the result of her own work; to see how the evil
stamp of character transmitted to her son, the passions encouraged and developed by her
influence and example, have borne fruit in crimes that caused the world to shudder.
344.1
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There . . . [is] the proud, ambitious Napoleon, whose approach had caused kingdoms to tremble.
344.2
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There are papist priests and prelates, who claimed to be Christ's ambassadors, yet employed the
rack, the dungeon, and the stake to control the consciences of His people. There are the proud
pontiffs who exalted themselves above God and presumed to change the law of the Most High.
Those pretended fathers of the church have an account to render to God from which they would
fain be excused. Too late they are made to see that the Omniscient One is jealous of His law and
that He will in no wise clear the guilty. They learn now that Christ identifies His interest with
that of His suffering people; and they feel the force of His own words; "Inasmuch as ye have
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done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." Matthew 25:40.
344.3
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The whole wicked world stand arraigned at the bar of God on the charge of high treason against
the government of heaven. They have none to plead their cause; they are without excuse; and the
sentence of eternal death is pronounced against them."
344.4
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