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are brought in contact, and the closer our connections with our fellow
men, the greater our responsibility. We are one great brotherhood, and
the welfare of our fellow men should be our great interest. We have
not one moment to lose. If we have been careless in this matter, it is
high time we were now in earnest to redeem the time, lest the blood of
souls be found on our garments. As children of God, none of us are
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excused from taking a part in the great work of Christ in the salvation
of our fellow men.
It will be a difficult work to overcome prejudice, and to convince
the unbelieving that our efforts to help them are disinterested. But this
should not hinder our labor. There is no precept in the word of God
that tells us to do good to those only who appreciate and respond to
our efforts, and to benefit those only who will thank us for it. God has
sent us to work in His vineyard. It is our business to do all we can.
“In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine
hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that.”
Ecclesiastes 11:6
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We have too little faith. We limit the Holy One of Israel. We should
be grateful that God condescends to use any of us as His instruments.
For every earnest prayer put up in faith for anything, answers will be
returned. They may not come just as we have expected; but they will
come—not perhaps as we have devised, but at the very time when we
most need them. But, oh, how sinful is our unbelief! “If ye abide in
Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall
be done unto you.”
John 15:7
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