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just as important. In the cities of America there are people of almost
every language. These need the light that God has given to His church.
The Lord lives and reigns. Soon He will arise in majesty to shake
terribly the earth. A special message is now to be borne, a message
that will pierce the spiritual darkness and convict and convert souls.
“Haste thee, flee for thy life,” is the call to be given to those dwelling
in sin. We must now be terribly in earnest. We have not a moment
to spend in criticism and accusation. Let those who have done this in
the past fall on their knees in prayer, and let them beware how they
put their words and their plans in the place of God’s words and God’s
plans.
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We have no time for dwelling on matters that are of no importance.
Our time should be given to proclaiming the last message of mercy to
a guilty world. Men are needed who move under the inspiration of the
Spirit of God. The sermons preached by some of our ministers will
have to be much more powerful than they are now, or many backsliders
will carry a tame, pointless message, which lulls people to sleep. Every
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discourse should be given under a sense of the awful judgments soon
to fall on the world. The message of truth is to be proclaimed by lips
touched with a live coal from the divine altar.
My heart is filled with anguish when I think of the tame messages
borne by some of our ministers, when they have a message of life and
death to bear. The ministers are asleep; the lay members are asleep;
and a world is perishing in sin. May God help His people to arouse
and walk and work as men and women on the borders of the eternal
world. Soon an awful surprise is coming upon the inhabitants of the
world. Suddenly, with power and great glory, Christ will come. Then
there will be no time to prepare to meet Him. Now is the time for us
to give the warning message.
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We are stewards, entrusted by our absent Lord with the care of His
household and His interests, which He came to this world to serve.
He has returned to heaven, leaving us in charge, and He expects us to