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Unity Among Different Nationalities
[Address delivered at the European Union Council, Basel,
Switzerland, September 24, 1885.]
“If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink.” “Whoso-
ever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst;
but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water
springing up into everlasting life.”
John 7:37
;
4:14
.
If, with these promises before us, we choose to remain parched
and withered for want of the water of life, it is our own fault. If
we would come to Christ with the simplicity of a child coming to
its earthly parents, and ask for the things that He has promised,
believing that we receive them, we should have them. If all of us
had exercised the faith we should we would have been blessed with
far more of the Spirit of God in our meetings than we have yet
received. I am glad that a few days of the meeting still remain. Now
the question is: Will we come to the fountain and drink? Will the
teachers of truth set the example? God will do great things for us
if we by faith take Him at His word. Oh, that we might see here a
general humbling of the heart before God!
Since these meetings began, I have felt urged to dwell much
upon love and faith. This is because you need this testimony. Some
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who have entered these missionary fields have said: “You do not
understand the French people; you do not understand the Germans.
They have to be met in just such a way.”
But I inquire: Does not God understand them? Is it not He who
gives His servants a message for the people? He knows just what
they need; and if the message comes directly from Him through
His servants to the people, it will accomplish the work whereunto it
is sent; it will make all one in Christ. Though some are decidedly
French, others decidedly German, and others decidedly American,
they will be just as decidedly Christlike.
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