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to the cities has passed by, and this work has not been done. I feel
a heavy burden that we shall now redeem the time.—
Manuscript 62,
1903
.
The work which the church has failed to do in a time of peace
and prosperity, she will have to do in a terrible crisis, under most dis-
couraging, forbidding circumstances.—
Testimonies For The Church
5:463
(1885).
God’s Spirit Gradually Withdrawn—The days in which we live
are solemn and important. The Spirit of God is gradually but surely
being withdrawn from the earth. Plagues and judgments are already
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falling upon the despisers of the grace of God. The calamities by land
and sea, the unsettled state of society, the alarms of war, are portentous.
They forecast approaching events of the greatest magnitude.
The agencies of evil are combining their forces, and consolidating.
They are strengthening for the last great crisis. Great changes are
soon to take place in our world, and the final movements will be rapid
ones.—Testimonies, vol. 9, p 11. (1909).
Spirit of War Stirring Nations—Fearful tests and trials await the
people of God. The spirit of war is stirring the nations from one end
of the earth to the other.—
Testimonies For The Church 9:17
(1909).
Before Doors Now Open Shall Close—Again and again I am
instructed to present to our churches the work that should be done in
our large cities. There is a great work to be done, not only where we
have churches already established, but also in places where the truth
has never been fully presented. Right in our midst there are heathen as
verily as in far-off lands. The way must be opened to reach these with
the truth for this time; and these openings should be made at once....
Often we have been told that our cities are to hear the message,
but how slow we are to heed the instruction. I saw One standing
on a high platform with arms extended. He turned and pointed in
every direction, saying, “A world perishing in ignorance of God’s holy
law, and Seventh-day Adventists are asleep.” The Lord is pleading for
laborers, for there is a great work to be done. There are conversions to
be made that will add to the church such as shall be saved. Men and
women in the highways and byways are to be reached....
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We are far behind in following the light God has given regarding
the working of our large cities. The time is coming when laws will
be framed that will close doors now open to the message. We need to