Gem #71 - Holy Like God

Just before I die sanctification will be finished; but not until that

moment shall I ever claim perfection in myself. But at that moment when I

depart, my spirit shall have its last baptism in the Holy Spirit's fire.

It shall be put in the crucible for its last trying in the furnace; and

then, free from all dross, and fine, like a wedge of pure gold, it shall be

presented at the feet of God without the least degree of dross or mixture.

O glorious hour! O blessed moment! I think I would still long to die if

there were no heaven, if I might but have that last purification, and come

up from Jordan's stream pure white from the washing. Oh, to be washed

white, clean, pure, perfect! Not an angel more pure than I shall be--yes,

not God himself more holy! And I shall be able to say, in a double sense,

"Great God, I am clean, through Jesus' blood I am clean, through the

Spirit's work I am clean too!"