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An Appeal to Laymen
When a special effort is put forth by laborers of experience in a
community where our own people live, there rests upon the believers
in that field a most solemn obligation to do all in their power to
open the way for the Lord to work. They should search their hearts
prayerfully, and clear the King’s highway by putting away every sin
that would hinder them from co-operating with God and with their
brethren.
This has not always been fully understood. Satan has often
brought in a spirit that has made it impossible for church members
to discern opportunities for service. Believers have not infrequently
allowed the enemy to work through them at the very time when they
should have been wholly consecrated to God and to the advancement
of His work. Unconsciously they have wandered far from the way
of righteousness. Cherishing a spirit of criticism and faultfinding,
of pharisaical piety and pride, they have grieved away the Spirit of
God and have greatly retarded the work of God’s messengers.
This evil has been pointed out many times and in many places.
Sometimes those who have indulged in a censorious, condemnatory
spirit have repented and been converted. Then God has been able to
use them to His name’s honor and glory.
We are living in a special period of this earth’s history. A great
work must be done in a very short time, and every Christian is to
act a part in sustaining this work. God is calling for men who will
consecrate themselves to the work of soulsaving. When we begin to
comprehend what a sacrifice Christ made in order to save a perishing
world, there will be seen a mighty wrestling to save souls. Oh, that
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all our churches might see and realize the infinite sacrifice of Christ!
A Reformatory Movement
In visions of the night, representations passed before me of a
great reformatory movement among God’s people. Many were prais-
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