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living near the close of the great conflict, when many souls are to
be rescued from the slavery of sin. We are living in a time when to
Christ’s followers the promise specially belongs: “Lo, I am with you
alway, even unto the end.”
Matthew 28:20
. He who commanded the
light to shine out of darkness, He who has called us out of darkness
into His marvelous light, bids us let our light shine brightly before
men, that they may see our good works and glorify our Father who is
in heaven. In such rich measure has light been given to God’s people
that Christ is justified in telling them that they are to be the light of the
world.
To our physicians and ministers I send the message: Lay hold of
the Lord’s work as if you believed the truth for this time. Medical
missionary workers and workers in the gospel ministry are to be bound
together by indissoluble ties. Their work is to be done with freshness
and power. Throughout our churches there is to be a reconversion and
a reconsecration to service. Shall we not, in our work in the future and
in the gatherings that we hold, be of one accord? Shall we not wrestle
with God in prayer, asking for the Holy Spirit to come into every
heart? The presence of Christ, manifest among us, would cure the
leprosy of unbelief that has made our service so weak and inefficient.
We need the breath of the divine life breathed into us. We are to
be channels through which the Lord can send light and grace to the
world. Backsliders are to be reclaimed. We are to put away our sins,
by confession and repentance humbling our proud hearts before God.
Floods of spiritual power are to be poured forth upon those prepared
to receive it.
If we but realized how earnestly Jesus worked to sow the world
with gospel seed, we, living at the very close of probation, would labor
untiringly to give the bread of life to perishing souls. Why are we
so cold and indifferent? Why are our hearts so unimpressible? Why
are we so unwilling to give ourselves to the work to which Christ
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consecrated His life? Something must be done to cure the terrible
indifference that has taken hold upon us. Let us bow our heads in
humiliation as we see how much less we have done than we might
have done to sow the seeds of truth.
My dear brethren and sisters, I speak to you in words of love and
tenderness. Arouse and consecrate yourselves unreservedly to the
work of giving the light of truth for this time to those in darkness.