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Testimonies for the Church Volume 8
God were commissioned to carry to the world. They were faithfully to
perform their duty, continuing their work until the message of mercy
had encircled the world.
Christ ascended to heaven and sent His Holy Spirit to give power
to the work of His disciples. Thousands were converted in a day.
In a single generation the gospel was carried to every nation under
heaven. But little by little a change came. The church lost her first
love. She became selfish and ease-loving. The spirit of worldliness
was cherished. The enemy cast his spell upon those to whom God
had given light for a world in darkness, light which should have shone
forth in good works. The world was robbed of the blessings that God
desired men to receive.
Is not the same thing repeated in this generation? Many in our day
are keeping back that which the Lord has entrusted to them for the
salvation of a world unwarned, unsaved. In the word of God an angel
is represented as flying in the midst of heaven, “having the everlasting
gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation,
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and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear
God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judgment is come:
and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the
fountains of waters.”
Revelation 14:6, 7
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The message of
Revelation 14
is the message that we are to bear to
the world. It is the bread of life for these last days. Millions of human
beings are perishing in ignorance and iniquity. But many of those to
whom God has committed the stores of life look upon these souls with
indifference. Many forget that to them has been entrusted the bread of
life for those starving for salvation.
Oh, for consecrated Christians, for Christlike consistency, for the
faith that works by love and purifies the soul! May God help us to
repent and change our sluggish movements into consecrated activity.
May He help us to show in our words and works that we make the
burden of perishing souls our own.
Let us be thankful every moment for God’s forbearance with our
tardy, unbelieving movements. Instead of flattering ourselves with the
thought of what we have done, after doing so little, we are to labor still
more earnestly. We are not to cease our efforts or relax our vigilance.
Never is our zeal to grow less. Our spiritual life must be daily revived
by the stream that makes glad the city of our God. We must be always