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see human beings perishing in sin! These souls have been bought at
an infinite price. The death of the Son of God on Calvary’s cross is the
measure of their value. Day by day they are deciding whether they will
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have eternal life or eternal death. And yet men and women professing
to serve the Lord are content to occupy their time and attention with
matters of little importance. They are content to be at variance with
one another. If they were consecrated to the work of the Master, they
would not be striving and contending like a family of unruly children.
Every hand would be engaged in service. Everyone would be standing
at his post of duty, working with heart and soul as a missionary of
the cross of Christ. The spirit of the Redeemer would abide in the
hearts of the laborers, and works of righteousness would be wrought.
The workers would carry with them into their service the prayers and
sympathy of an awakened church. They would receive their directions
from Christ and would find no time for strife and contention.
Messages would come from lips touched with a live coal from
the divine altar. Earnest, purified words would be spoken. Humble,
heartbroken intercessions would ascend to heaven. With one hand the
workers would take hold of Christ, while with the other they would
grasp sinners and draw them to the Saviour.
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“This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world
for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”
Matthew
24:14
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“If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and
those that are ready to be slain; if thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not;
doth not He that pondereth the heart consider it? and He that keepeth
thy soul, doth not He know it? and shall not He render to every man
according to his works?”
Proverbs 24:11, 12
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