Our Duty to the World
Granville, N. S. W.,
1894.
There should be a decided change in the spirit and character of the
work in the places where men and women have received increased
light. What are they doing to warn those who do not understand that
the Lord is soon coming? “Behold, the Lord cometh out of His place to
punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall
disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.”
Isaiah 26:21
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Who, I ask, is carrying a burden for the souls that are perishing out of
Christ? Who will go forth without the camp, bearing the reproach?
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Who will leave pleasant homes and dear ties of relationship, and
carry the precious light of truth to far-off lands? Every day, every
moment, comes to those to whom have been entrusted the light of
truth, weighted with the terrible significance that men and women in
every land are preparing themselves for weal or for woe, fixing their
destiny for eternity.
God has made amazing sacrifices for human beings. He has ex-
pended mighty energy to reclaim man from transgression and sin
to loyalty and obedience, but I have been shown that He does noth-
ing without the co-operation of human agencies. Every endowment
of grace and power and efficiency has been liberally provided. The
strongest motives have been presented to arouse and keep alive in the
human heart the missionary spirit, that efforts of divine and human
agencies may be combined. But what have our people done in regard
to moving out of Battle Creek, to carry the light to regions where the
standard has never yet been planted? Did not the Lord at the recent
Conference open the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing?
What use have you made of the gift of God? He has supplied you with
the motive force of action, that with patience and hope and untiring
vigilance you might set forth Christ and Him crucified, calling men to
repent of their sins, sounding the note of warning that Christ is soon to
come with power and great glory.
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