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Appeal to Laymen
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My brethren and sisters, do we take into consideration the needs
of the large cities of the East? Do we not know that they must be
warned of Christ’s near approach? The work we have to do is a
wonderfully great work. There is a world to be saved; there are souls
to be labored for in the cities of the East, in the states where the
message of the coming of our Lord was first preached. Who will give
themselves to do this line of missionary work? There are hundreds
of our people who ought to be out in the field who are doing little or
nothing for the advancement of the message. Those who have had
every advantage of knowing the truth, who have received instruction
line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little,
have a great responsibility resting upon them in these souls who
have never heard the last gospel message.
If in this opportune time the members of the churches will come
humbly before God, putting out of their hearts all that is wrong and
consulting Him at every step, He will manifest Himself to them and
will give them courage in Him. And as the church members do their
part faithfully, the Lord will lead and guide His chosen ministers,
and strengthen them for their important work. In much prayer let us
all unite in holding up their hands and in drawing bright beams from
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the heavenly sanctuary.
The end is near, stealing upon us stealthily, imperceptibly, like
the noiseless approach of a thief in the night. May the Lord grant
that we shall no longer sleep as do others, but that we shall watch
and be sober. The truth is soon to triumph gloriously, and all who
now choose to be laborers together with God will triumph with it.
The time is short; the night soon cometh when no man can work.
Let those who are rejoicing in the light of present truth now make
haste to impart the truth to others. The Lord is inquiring: “Whom
shall I send?” Those who wish to sacrifice for the truth’s sake are
now to respond: “Here am I; send me.”
Isaiah 6:8
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Let those who bear responsibilities remember that it is the Holy
Spirit who is to do the fashioning. It is the Lord who controls. We
are not to try to mold, according to our own ideas, those for whom
we work, but to let Christ do the molding. He follows no human