be.

The prophet again in beholding the glory and purity of that day says: "In
that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE
LORD." Zech. 14:20.

The prophet did foretell a day,
Through which extends a holy way,
Where walk the ransomed of the Lord,
Made pure in heart, through Jesus' blood.

Another man of God is permitted to look down through the darkness and see
the glory of this day of cleansing. "But who may abide the day of his
coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's
fire, and like fullers' soap: and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier
of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold
and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in
righteousness." Mal. 3:2, 3. In that day there shall be a fountain of
cleansing, or a fire of refining, when hearts shall be made pure as gold
and silver is refined and made pure. It is the day in which Isaiah says,
"Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though
they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." Isa. 1:18.

The day foretold by this holy train of Old Testament prophets was spoken
of as a day of "peace and rest"; a day of "praise and salvation"; a day of
"refining"; a day when a "cleansing fountain shall be opened"; a day when
"scarlet stains shall be made white as snow"; a day when "the lame man
shall leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing," and the deaf
ears shall hear, and blind eyes be made to see; a day when the ransomed of
the Lord shall return and come unto Zion with songs and everlasting joy
upon their heads; a day when "the desert shall blossom as the rose"; a day
when the wolf and the lamb shall dwell together; a day when the "Branch of
the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious." Praise God!

That day seen so far away by those righteous men awakened songs of praise
in their hearts. They were not speaking of the eternal day in the glory
world; neither of a supposed millennial age, but of this present glorious
dispensation of grace and salvation. It requires only two texts to clearly
prove this. The first is Isa. 49:8: "Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable
time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee." The
second is found in 2 Cor. 6:2. Paul here quotes this promise the Lord
made, and then says, "Behold now is the accepted time; behold, now is the
day of salvation." Again in Rom.