The Increase of Facilities
A great work must be done all through the world, and let no one
conclude that, because the end is near, there is no need of special effort
to build up the various institutions as the cause shall demand. You are
not to know the day or the hour of the Lord’s appearing, for this has
not been revealed, and let none speculate on that which has not been
given him to understand. Let everyone work upon that which has been
placed in his hands, doing the daily duties that God requires.
When the Lord shall bid us make no further effort to build meeting-
houses and establish schools, sanitariums, and publishing institutions,
it will be time for us to fold our hands and let the Lord close up the
work; but now is our opportunity to show our zeal for God and our
love for humanity.
We are to be partners in the work of God throughout the world;
wherever there are souls to be saved, we are to lend our help, that
many sons and daughters may be brought to God. The end is near, and
for this reason we are to make the most of every entrusted ability and
every agency that shall offer help to the work.
Schools must be established, that the youth may be educated, that
those engaged in the work of the ministry may reach higher attainments
in the knowledge of the Bible and the sciences. Institutions for the
treatment of the sick must be established in foreign lands, and medical
missionaries must be raised up who will be self-denying, who will lift
the cross, who will be prepared to fill positions of trust and be able to
educate others. And besides all this, God calls for home missionaries.
The workers for God, in the field or at home, are to be self-denying,
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bearing the cross, restricting their personal wants, that they may be
abundant in good fruits.
A faith that comprehends less than this denies the Christian char-
acter. The faith of the gospel is one whose power and grace are of
divine authorship. Let us make it manifest that Christ abides in us, by
ceasing to expend money on dress, on needless things, when the cause
of Christ is crippled for want of means, when debts are left unpaid on
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