Go Forth Into Many Places
Cooranbong, N. S. W.,
July 15, 1895
To a Physician in Battle Creek—
My Dear Brother,
I received your letters yesterday and read them with deep interest.
I am always glad to hear from you concerning your family and the
institution in which you are bearing responsibilities of no ordinary
character. Your only safety is in obeying the word of the Lord, in
walking in the light of His countenance. The enemy is continually
seeking to devise methods by which he may steal a march upon us,
and we need to pay strict heed to the cautions given by God.
If those who in the past have been standard-bearers in the work
of God had walked in the lines that He has marked out, they would
better have honored Him and would have had increased usefulness.
Some whose voices are now silent in death might have lived to warn,
entreat, and advise. If those who in past years had been entrusted with
large responsibilities had heeded the warnings and entreaties of the
Spirit of God, they would now be walking before Him in strength and
efficiency. When men educate others to rely on them and trust in them,
when, by pen or voice, they dictate to others as to what they should
do, they are teaching others to make flesh their arm, to give glory to
human beings rather than to God.
We are safe only as we exalt Christ, speaking in praise of His
excellence. Isaiah says: “Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is
given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name
shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting
Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and
peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon His
kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice
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from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will
perform this.”
Isaiah 9:6, 7
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