一月二十一日

於是以色列全家都要得救。（羅11:26）

摩西看見以色列人都平安地過了紅海，便快樂地向耶和華唱起歌來。海水成了峭壁，神的子民以色列人從海中行經幹地，兩邊的水牆一滴也沒有噴射下來，直到他們的腳完全踏到大海的彼岸。他們渡完之後海水迅即複歸原處，可是他們還在海底時候，海水卻老老實實地一點也不到神所指定它們的範圍之外。他的詩歌中有一句說：“你憑慈愛領了你所贖的百姓。”在末時被選的人也要唱神僕人摩西的歌和羔羊的歌，那是耶穌所最得意的事，他說：“你所賜給我的人，我沒有失落一個。”天堂上必然沒有一個寶座空閒起來的。

“被選得眾族類，必環聚寶座前，

齊稱頌他恩德，並傳揚他榮耀。”

凡神所選的，凡基督所贖的，凡聖靈所召的，凡信耶穌的，都必平安地渡過被分開的海。我們現在還沒有上岸呢！

“有人已渡過大海，有的正在過渡。”

我們的先鋒已經到了岸上。我們正行經深淵，我們今天正艱苦地跟著我們的首領行到海心。讓我們放心：殿軍不久也必到達先鋒所到的地方，後來被選的人不久也必渡過大海，看到全軍都平安穩妥時，就聽到勝利的歌聲。但若有一個不在——唉！若有一個被選得人遺失了——那末，被贖之人的歌聲就不會那麼和諧洪亮，樂園的琴弦就不再發出幽雅動聽的曲調了。

January 21

"And so all Israel shall be saved." --Romans 11:26

Then Moses sang at the Red Sea, it was his joy to know that all Israel were safe. Not a drop of spray fell from that solid wall until the last of God's Israel had safely planted his foot on the other side the flood. That done, immediately the floods dissolved into their proper place again, but not till then. Part of that song was, "Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed." In the last time, when the elect shall sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and of the Lamb, it shall be the boast of Jesus, "Of all whom thou hast given me, I have lost none." In heaven there shall not be a vacant throne.

"For all the chosen race

Shall meet around the throne,

Shall bless the conduct of His grace,

And make His glories known."

As many as God hath chosen, as many as Christ hath redeemed, as many as the Spirit hath called, as many as believe in Jesus, shall safely cross the dividing sea. We are not all safely landed yet:

"Part of the host have crossed the flood,

And part are crossing now."

The vanguard of the army has already reached the shore. We are marching through the depths; we are at this day following hard after our Leader into the heart of the sea. Let us be of good cheer: the rear-guard shall soon be where the vanguard already is; the last of the chosen ones shall soon have crossed the sea, and then shall be heard the song of triumph, when all are secure. But oh! if one were absent--oh! if one of His chosen family should be cast away--it would make an everlasting discord in the song of the redeemed, and cut the strings of the harps of paradise, so that music could never be extorted from them.