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and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost,
according to his own will?” (
Hebrews 2:1-4
).
The third angel’s message is swelling into a loud cry, and you must
not feel at liberty to neglect the present duty, and still entertain the idea
that at some future time you will be the recipients of great blessing,
when without any effort on your part a wonderful revival will take
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place. Today you are to give yourselves to God, that He may make of
you vessels unto honor, and meet for His service. Today you are to
give yourself to God, that you may be emptied of self, emptied of envy,
jealousy, evil surmising, strife, everything that shall be dishonoring to
God. Today you are to have your vessel purified that it may be ready
for the heavenly dew, ready for the showers of the latter rain; for the
latter rain will come, and the blessing of God will fill every soul that is
purified from every defilement. It is our work today to yield our souls
to Christ, that we may be fitted for the time of refreshing from the
presence of the Lord—fitted for the baptism of the Holy Spirit.—
The
Review and Herald, March 22, 1892
.
The Time Not Revealed
God has not revealed to us the time when this message will close,
or when probation will have an end. Those things that are revealed we
shall accept for ourselves and for our children; but let us not seek to
know that which has been kept secret in the councils of the Almighty.
It is our duty to watch and work and wait, to labor every moment for
the souls of men that are ready to perish. We are to keep walking
continually in the footsteps of Jesus, working in His lines, dispensing
His gifts as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. Satan will
be ready to give to anyone who is not learning every day of Jesus, a
special message of his own creating, in order to make of no effect the
wonderful truth for this time.
Letters have come to me asking me if I have any special light as to
the time when probation will close; and I answer that I have only this
message to bear, that it is now time to work while the day lasts, for the
night cometh in which no man can work. Now, just now, it is time for
us to be watching, working, and waiting. The Word of the Lord reveals
the fact that the end of all things is at hand, and its testimony is most
decided that it is necessary for every soul to have the truth planted in