25. Good news. In the days of poor communications, little could be heard from one who left home and traveled in a far country. News brought by some returning traveler would be the only way of knowing that the absent one was still alive and prospering in his mission.
As the good news from a far country cheered the heart of the recipient, so in a spiritual sense the good news of heaven that has been brought to us by the prophets refreshes us on our march through a dreary world. Through them—
“We have heard from the bright, the holy,
land;
We have heard, and our hearts are glad.”