Chapter 19—Laborers in the Office
Those in the office who profess to believe the truth should show the
power of the truth in their lives and prove that they are working onward
and upward from the basis of principle. They should be molding their
lives and characters after the perfect Model. If all could look with a
discerning eye into the tremendous realities of eternity, what a horror
of condemnation would seize some in the office who now pass on
with seeming indifference, although separated from eternal scenes
by a very small space. Many warnings have been given, and urged
home with intense feeling and earnest prayers, every one of which is
faithfully registered in heaven, to balance the account of each in the
day of final investigation. The unwearying love of Christ has followed
those engaged in His work in the office. God has followed them with
blessings and entreaties, yet hating the sins and unfaithfulness that
cling to them as the leprosy. The deep and solemn truths to which
those in the office have had the privilege of listening should take hold
upon their sympathies and lead them to a high appreciation of the light
that God has given them. If they will walk in the light, it will beautify
and ennoble their lives with heaven’s own adornment, purity and true
goodness.
A way is opened before everyone in the office to engage from the
heart directly in the work of Christ and the salvation of souls. Christ
left heaven and the bosom of His Father to come to a friendless, lost
world to save those who would be saved. He exiled Himself from
His Father and exchanged the pure companionship of angels for that
of fallen humanity, all polluted with sin. With grief and amazement,
Christ witnesses the coldness, the indifference and neglect, with which
His professed followers in the office treat the light and the messages
of warning and of love He has given them. Christ has provided the
bread and water of life for all who hunger and thirst.
The Lord requires all in the office to labor from high motives. In
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His own life, Christ has given them an example. All should labor with
interest, devotion, and faith for the salvation of souls. If all in the office
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