25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

‭Happy are we to know the truth beforehand. Millions will perish in learning it. Yet some who know it are anxious. They wonder what will become of children and relations. Hush, vain thoughts. Forget the relationships of flesh in the presence of Almighty power. Did not God make all? Surrender in faith to whatever He may appoint. Stand still and see the salvation of God, which may even include the rescue of thy mortal dependants from the general crash.

Noah's sons,‭ ‬Lot's sons-in-law,‭ ‬Rahab's family,‭ ‬suggest a door of escape for the related stranger—not escape from mortality,‭ ‬but from the destroying judgments which will lay society desolate.‭ ‬But what if it is not so‭? ‬Does not faith teach submission‭? ‬The flesh profiteth nothing.‭ 

‬We ourselves are the creatures of a day.‭ ‬It will be of the Lord's mercy if we find‭ ‬ourselves sheltered‭; ‬and if called upon to give up father,‭ ‬mother,‭ ‬wife,‭ ‬husband,‭ ‬or friend for Christ's sake,‭ ‬shall we not be ready for the sacrifice‭? ‬If not,‭ ‬we ourselves shall perish.‭ ‬God has made all.‭ ‬We are the clay:‭ ‬He the potter.‭ ‬Lay all at His feet and wait.‭ ‬He is very gracious,‭ ‬full of compassion,‭ ‬piteous as a father to his children,‭ ‬towards those who fear Him.

The Christadelphian, Sept 1870