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may bind it up, so that it shall not be used in advancing the missionary
enterprises. Shall we be ignorant of his devices? Shall we allow him
to stupefy our senses?
I appeal to our brethren everywhere to awake, to consecrate them-
selves to God, and to seek wisdom from Him. I appeal to the officers
of our conferences to make earnest efforts in our churches. Arouse
them to give of their means for sustaining foreign missions. Unless
your hearts are touched in view of the situation in foreign fields, the
last message of mercy to the world will be restricted, and the work
which God desires to have done will be left unaccomplished.
The last years of probation are fast closing. The great day of the
Lord is at hand. We should now make every effort to arouse our people.
Let the words of the Lord by the prophet Malachi be brought home
to every soul: “Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away
from Mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto Me, and
I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein
shall we return? Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed Me. But
ye say, Wherein have we robbed Thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are
cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed Me, even this whole nation.
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in
Mine house, and prove Me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I
will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing,
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that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke
the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your
ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the
field, saith the Lord of hosts. And all nations shall call you blessed:
for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.”
It is time for us to heed the teaching of God’s word. All His
injunctions are given for our good, to convert the soul from sin to
righteousness. Every convert to the truth should be instructed in regard
to the Lord’s requirement for tithes and offerings. As churches are
raised up, this work must be taken hold of decidedly and carried
forward in the spirit of Christ. All that men enjoy, they receive from
the Lord’s great firm, and He is pleased to have His heritage enjoy
His goods; but all who stand under the bloodstained banner of Prince
Immanuel are to acknowledge their dependence upon God and their
accountability to Him by returning to the treasury a certain portion as
His own. This is to be invested in missionary work in fulfillment of