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and then cometh harvest?” He said, “Lift up your eyes, and look on
the fields; for they are white already to harvest” (
John 4:35
). Christ
abode with the Samaritans for two days; for they were hungry to hear
the truth. And what busy days they were! As a result of those days
of labor, “many more believed because of his own word” (
John 4:41
).
This was their testimony: “We have heard him ourselves, and know
that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world” (
John 4:42
).
Who among God’s professing people will take up this sacred work,
and labor for the souls who are perishing for lack of knowledge? The
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world must be warned. Many places are pointed out to me as in need
of consecrated, faithful, untiring effort. Christ is opening the hearts
and minds of many in our large cities. These need the truths of God’s
Word; and if we will come into a sacred nearness with Christ, and will
seek to draw near to these people, impressions for good will be made.
We need to wake up, and enter into sympathy with Christ and with
our fellow men. The large and small cities, and places nigh and afar
off, are to be worked, and worked intelligently. Never draw back. The
Lord will make the right impressions upon hearts, if we will work in
unison with His Spirit.
I have words of encouragement for you, my brethren. We are to
move forward in faith and hope, expecting large things from God. The
enemy will seek in every way to hinder the efforts that are being made
to advance the truth, but in the strength of the Lord you may gain
success.
Let no discouraging words be spoken, but only such words as will
tend to strengthen and sustain your fellow workers.
A Personal Word
I long to be personally engaged in earnest work in the field, and
I should most assuredly be engaged in more public labor did I not
believe that at my age it is not wise to presume on one’s physical
strength. I have a work to do in communicating to the church and to
the world the light that has been entrusted to me from time to time
all through the years during which the third angel’s message has been
proclaimed. My heart is filled with a most earnest desire to place the
truth before all who can be reached. And I am still acting a part in
preparing matter for publication. But I have to move very carefully,