“For the world, indeed, and perhaps for the church, many calamities and trials are in store, before the glory of the Lord shall be so revealed, that all flesh shall see it together. I will shake all nations, is the divine declaration, I will shake all nations; and the desire of all nations shall come. The vials of wrath which are now running, and others which remain to be poured out, must be exhausted. The supper of the great God must be prepared, and his strange work have its course. Yet the missionary cause must ultimately succeed. It is the cause of God, and shall prevail. The days, O brethren, roll rapidly on, when the shout of the isles shall swell the thunder of the Continent: when the Thames and the Danube, when the Tiber and the Rhine, shall call upon Euphrates, the Ganges, and the Nile; and the loud concert shall be joined by the Hudson, the Mississippi, and the Amazon, singing with one heart and one voice, Alleluia! Salvation! The Lord God omnipotent reigneth!

Comfort one another with this faith, and with these words:

Now, Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name forever: LET THE WHOLE EARTH BE FILLED WITH HIS GLORY! Amen and Amen!”

— John M. Mason, “Messiah’s Throne,” Sermon VII in The Complete Works of John M. Mason, D.D., Vol. 3, pp. 271-272.