Present Hour of Opportunity
The Work for Today—The third angel’s message is swelling into
a loud cry, and you must not feel at liberty to neglect the present
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duty, and still entertain the idea that at some future time you will be
the recipients of great blessing, when without any effort on your part
a wonderful revival will take place.... Today you are to have your
vessel purified, that it may be ready for the heavenly dew, ready for the
showers of the latter rain; for the latter rain will come, and the blessing
of God will fill every soul that is purified from every defilement. It is
our work today to yield our souls to Christ, that we may be fitted for
the time of refreshing from the presence of the Lord—fitted for the
baptism of the Holy Spirit....
Instead of living in expectation of some special season of excite-
ment, we are wisely to improve present opportunities, doing that which
must be done in order that souls may be saved. Instead of exhausting
the powers of our mind in speculations in regard to the times and
seasons which the Lord has placed in His own power, and withheld
from men, we are to yield ourselves to the control of the Holy Spirit, to
do present duties, to give the bread of life, unadulterated with human
opinions, to souls who are perishing for the truth.—
The Review and
Herald, March 22, 1892
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Unprecedented Opportunities—In these days of travel, the op-
portunities for coming in contact with men and women of all classes
and of many nationalities, are much greater than in the days of Israel.
The thoroughfares of travel have multiplied a thousandfold. God has
wonderfully prepared the way. The agency of the printing press, with
its manifold facilities, is at our command. Bibles and publications in
many languages, setting forth the truth for this time, are at our hand,
and can be swiftly carried to every part of the world.
We are to give the last warning of God to men, and what should
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be our earnestness in studying the Bible, and our zeal in spreading the
light!—
The Review and Herald, January 25, 1906
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