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mighty God of Israel is our helper, and we need not fear. Those who
touch the people of God, touch the apple of His eye
Brethren, will you carry the spirit of Christ with you as you return
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to your homes and churches? Will you put away unbelief and criticism?
We are coming to a time when, more than ever before, we shall need to
press together, to labor unitedly. In union there is strength. In discord
and disunion there is only weakness. God never designed that one man,
or four, or twenty, should take an important work into their own hands,
and carry it forward independently of other workers in the cause. God
wants His people to counsel together, to be a united church, in Christ
a perfect whole. The only safety for us is to enter into the counsels of
heaven, ever seeking to do the will of God, to become laborers together
with Him. No one company is to form a confederacy, and say, “We are
going to take this work, and carry it on in our own way; and if it does
not go as we want it to, we will not give our influence to have it go at
all.” This is Satan’s voice, not God’s. Do not obey such suggestions.
What we want is the spirit of Jesus. When we have this, we shall
love one another. Here are the credentials that we are to bear: “By
this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to
another” (
John 13:35
).
Press Together! Press Together!
Suppose we try daily to have our hearts united in the bonds of
Christian love. “I have somewhat against thee,” says the True Witness,
“because thou hast left thy first love” (
Revelation 2:4
). And He says,
“Except thou repent,” “I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove
thy candlestick out of his place” (
Revelation 2:5
). Why?—Because
in our separation from one another we are separated from Christ. We
want to press together. Oh, how many times, when I have seemed
to be in the presence of God and holy angels, I have heard the angel
voice saying, “Press together, press together, press together. Do not
let Satan cast his hellish shadow between brethren. Press together; in
unity there is strength.”
I repeat the message to you. As you go to your homes, be deter-
mined that you will press together; seek God with all the heart, and you
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will find Him, and the love of Christ, that passeth understanding, will