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Promise of Divine Help, August 15
Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall
say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the
putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity.
Isaiah 58:9
.
Last night I had a wonderful experience. I was [in the visions of the night]
in an assembly where questions were being asked and answered. I awoke at one
o’clock and arose. For a time I walked the room, praying most earnestly for
clearness of mind, for strength of eyesight, and for strength to write the things that
must be written. I entreated the Lord to help me to bear a testimony that would
awake His people before it is forever too late. I was glad that there was no one in
the room below me. Sara [McEnterfer] and Maggie [Hare] usually occupy this
room, but during the summer they sleep in a tent pitched under a great live-oak
tree growing close by the house....
We are nearing the end of this earth’s history, and the different lines of God’s
work are to be carried forward with much more self-sacrifice than they have yet
been. The work for these last days is a missionary work. Present truth, from the
first letter of its alphabet to the last, means missionary effort. The work to be done
calls for sacrifice at every step of advance. The workers are to come forth from
trial purified and refined, as gold tried in the fire....
I cannot now write all the instruction given me. These words were spoken:
“Some are reckless, insensible of the results of sin, heedless of warning. Soon
the handwriting on the wall, now unintelligible to them, will be read. But, like
Belshazzar, they seem unable to see their peril. A straight testimony must be borne
to our churches and institutions, to arouse the sleeping ones.” ...
The experience that I had last night has impressed me very deeply. I seemed
to have Christ close beside me. I was filled with hope and courage and faith and
love for souls. I pleaded with God to sustain me, and He lifted me up, and made
me to triumph in Him. I know that the Lord will work for His people when they
will sanctify their souls by obeying the truth. Then the whole being, body, mind,
and soul, will be in harmony with God. Loving God supremely and our neighbor
as ourselves, we shall possess a freedom crowned with glory.
“Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man,
the things which God hath prepared for them that love him” (
1 Corinthians 2:9
).—
Letter 130, August 15, 1902
, to Edson White.
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