Gathering in the Interested
Many Looking Wistfully to Heaven—All over the world men
and women are looking wistfully to heaven. Prayers and tears and
inquiries go up from souls longing for light, for grace, for the Holy
Spirit. Many are on the verge of the kingdom, waiting only to be
gathered in.—
The Acts of the Apostles, 109
(1911).
Go After the Lost—When we engage with all our hearts in the
work, we are closely allied to the angels; we are co-workers with the
angels and with Christ; and there is a sympathy with heaven and with
us, a holy, elevated sympathy. We are brought a little closer to heaven,
a little closer to the angelic hosts, a little closer to Jesus. Then let us
engage in this work with all our energies.
Do not become weary in the work. God will help us. Angels will
help us; because it is their work, and the very work they are seeking to
inspire us with....
This is a work you must take hold of earnestly; and when you find
a wandering sheep, call him to the fold; and leave him not until you
see him safely enfolded there. May Heaven let the Spirit that was in
our divine Lord rest upon us. This is what we want. He tells us, “Love
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one another, as I have loved you.” Go out for the lost sheep of the
house of Israel.—
Undated Manuscript 141
.
Take Hold of Christ and Draw Men—With one hand the work-
ers would take hold of Christ, while with the other they would grasp
sinners and draw them to the Saviour.—
The Review and Herald,
September 10, 1903
.
Have faith and hope, and draw, yes, draw souls to the gospel
banquet.—
Letter 112, 1902
.
May Not Reach Them Again—It is as much our duty to look at
the afterinterests of a camp meeting as it is to look after the present
interests, because the next time you go, if they were impressed and
convicted, and did not yield to that conviction, it is harder to make an
impression on their minds than it was before, and you cannot reach
them again.—
Manuscript 19b, 1890
.
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