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forget that he is to let his light so shine before men that they, seeing his
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good works, may glorify their Father which is in heaven. His speech
is to be always with grace, and in harmony with his profession of
faith. His work is to reveal Christ to the world. Jesus Christ and Him
crucified is his inexhaustible theme, of which he is freely to speak,
bringing out of the good treasure of his heart the precious things of the
gospel. The heart that is filled with the blessed hope, that is big with
immortality and full of glory, can not be dumb....
Those with whom the Christian comes in contact have a right to
know what has been revealed to the follower of Christ, and he is to
make it known both by precept and example. The Christian is to
publish the good news of salvation, and he is never to weary of the
recital of God’s goodness. He is continually to draw with Christ, and
continually to draw from Christ, eating the flesh and drinking the blood
of the Son of man, which Jesus declares are His words, that are spirit
and life. Thus he will always have a fresh supply of heavenly manna.
Every Christian, high or low, rich or poor, learned or ignorant, is to talk
of the kingdom of God, to speak of Christ and Him crucified, to those
who are in ignorance and sin. You are to speak to sinners; for you
know not but God is moving upon their hearts. Never forget that great
responsibility attaches to every word you utter in their presence....
What are you doing, my Christian brothers and sisters? Can you
say that as far as it was in your power, you have declared, or repre-
sented, Christ and His love for fallen humanity to those who know
Him not? If you have confined your efforts mostly to those who are
of the same faith as yourself, what about seeking those who are lost?
If the curtain could be rolled back, you would see souls perishing in
their sins, and the church idle, indolent, unsympathetic, absorbed in
selfish interests, and caring not whether souls are saved or lost, so long
as they themselves can have an easy time, and be secure in the hope
of salvation. But no one will ever enter heaven who is not a laborer
together with God.—
The Review and Herald, February 12, 19, 1895
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