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Labor to Win Even One Soul, January 21
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them,
doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that
which is lost, until he find it?
Luke 15:4
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For the conversion of one soul we should tax our resources to the utmost.
One soul won to Christ will flash heaven’s light all around him, penetrating
the moral darkness and saving other souls.
If Christ left the ninety and nine, that He might seek and save the one
lost sheep, can we be justified in doing less? Is not a neglect to work even
as Christ worked, to sacrifice as He sacrificed, a betrayal of sacred trusts,
an insult to God?
Sound an alarm throughout the length and breadth of the earth. Tell the
people that the day of the Lord is near and hasteth greatly. Let none be left
unwarned. We might have been in the place of the poor souls that are in
error. We might have been placed among barbarians. According to the truth
we have received above others, we are debtors to impart the same to them.
We have no time to lose. The end is near. The passage from place to
place to spread the truth will soon be hedged with dangers on the right hand
and on the left. Everything will be placed to obstruct the way of the Lord’s
messengers, so that they will not be able to do that which it is possible for
them to do now. We must look our work fairly in the face and advance as
fast as possible in aggressive warfare. From the light given me of God I
know that the powers of darkness are working with intense energy from
beneath, and with stealthy tread Satan is advancing to take those who are
now asleep, as a wolf taking his prey. We have warnings now which we
may give, a work now which we may do; but soon it will be more difficult
than we can imagine. God help us to keep in the channel of light, to work
with our eyes fastened on Jesus our Leader, and patiently, perseveringly
press on to gain the victory.
In our life here, earthly, sin-restricted though it is, the greatest joy and
the highest education are in service. And in the future state, untrammeled
by the limitations of sinful humanity, it is in service that our greatest joy
and our highest education will be found.
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