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To All the World, December 4
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to
every creature.
Mark 16:15
.
The light that God has given His people is not to be shut up within the churches
that already know the truth. It is to be shed abroad into the dark places of the earth.
Those who walk in the light as Christ is in the light will cooperate with the Saviour
by revealing to others what He has revealed to them. It is God’s purpose that the
truth for this time shall be made known to every kindred and nation and tongue and
people. In the world today men and women are absorbed in the search for worldly
gain and worldly pleasure. There are thousands upon thousands who give no time
or thought to the salvation of the soul. The time has come when the message of
Christ’s soon coming is to sound throughout the world.
Unmistakable evidences point to the nearness of the end. The warning is to be
given in certain tones. The way must be prepared for the coming of the Prince of
Peace in the clouds of heaven. There is much to be done in the cities that have not
yet heard the truth for this time. We are not to establish institutions to rival in size
and splendor the institutions of the world; but in the name of the Lord, with the
untiring perseverance and unflagging zeal that Christ brought into His labors, we
are to carry forward the work of the Lord.
As a people we greatly need to humble our hearts before God, pleading His
forgiveness for our neglect to fulfill the gospel commission. We have made large
centers in a few places, leaving unworked many important cities. Let us now take up
the work appointed us and proclaim the message that is to arouse men and women
to a sense of their danger....
Everything in the universe calls upon those who know the truth to consecrate
themselves unreservedly to the proclamation of the truth as it has been made known
to them in the third angel’s message. That which we see and hear calls us to our
duty. The working of satanic agencies calls every Christian to stand in his lot....
Men and women are needed whose hearts are touched with human suffering and
whose lives give evidence that they are receiving and imparting light and life and
grace.
The people of God are to come close to Christ in self-denial and sacrifice, their
one aim being to give the message of mercy to all the world. Some will work in
one way and some in another, as the Lord shall call and lead them. But they are
all to strive together, seeking to make the work a perfect whole. With pen and
voice they are to labor for Him. The printed word of truth is to be translated into
different languages and carried to the ends of the earth.... Every believer, educated
or uneducated, can bear the message (
Testimonies for the Church 9:24-26
).
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