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Going Forth Is Prepared as the Morning, November 24
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going
forth is prepared as the morning.
Hosea 6:3
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The end of all things is at hand. What we have done must not be
allowed to place the period to our work. The Captain of our salvation says,
“Advance. The night cometh, in which no man can work.” Constantly we
are to increase in usefulness. Our lives are always to be under the power
of Christ....
Prayer is a heaven-ordained means of success. Appeals, petitions, en-
treaties, between man and man, move men, and act as a part in controlling
the affairs of nations. But prayer moves heaven. That power alone that
comes in answer to prayer will make men wise in the wisdom of heaven,
and enable them to work in the unity of the Spirit, joined together by the
bonds of peace. Prayer, faith, confidence in God, bring a divine power that
sets human calculations at their real worth,—nothingness.
In all ages God has given human beings divine revelations, that thus He
may fulfill His purpose of unfolding gradually to the mind the doctrines of
grace. His manner of imparting the truth is illustrated by the words, “His
going forth is prepared as the morning.” He who places himself where
God can enlighten him, advances, as it were, from the partial obscurity
of dawn to the full radiance of noonday.... As the sun goes forth upon
its errand of mercy and love, as the golden beams of the day flood the
canopy of heaven, and beautify forest and mountain, awakening the world
by dispelling the darkness of night, so the followers of Christ should go
forth upon their mission of love
It is the duty of every youth to place himself decidedly and without
reserve on the side of Christ in order that he may ... grow up to the full
stature of a man in Christ Jesus. He will then be written as a man in the
book of God, and will be a man not only in the estimation of men, but in
the sight of God
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The Australian Union Conference Record Nov. 1, 1904
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The Youth’s Instructor, April 26, 1894
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