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Testimonies for the Church Volume 9
know that he has nothing worth receiving, and they refuse to yield
to his temptations. Through the grace of God they are enabled to
keep their purity of principle unsullied. Holy angels are close beside
them, and Christ is revealed in their steadfast adherence to the truth.
They are Christ’s minutemen, bearing, as true witnesses, a decided
testimony in favor of the truth. They show that there is a spiritual
power that can enable men and women not to swerve an inch from
truth and justice for all the gifts that men can bestow. Such ones,
wherever they may be, will be honored of heaven because they have
conformed their lives to the will of God, caring not what sacrifices
they are called upon to make.
A World-Wide Message
The light that God has given His people is not to be shut up
within the churches that already know the truth. It is to be shed
abroad into the dark places of the earth. Those who walk in the light
as Christ is in the light will co-operate with the Saviour by revealing
to others what He has revealed to them. It is God’s purpose that
the truth for this time shall be made known to every kindred and
nation and tongue and people. In the world today men and women
are absorbed in the search for worldly gain and worldly pleasure.
There are thousands upon thousands who give no time or thought to
the salvation of the soul. The time has come when the message of
Christ’s soon coming is to sound throughout the world.
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Unmistakable evidences point to the nearness of the end. The
warning is to be given in certain tones. The way must be prepared for
the coming of the Prince of Peace in the clouds of heaven. There is
much to be done in the cities that have not yet heard the truth for this
time. We are not to establish institutions to rival in size and splendor
the institutions of the world; but in the name of the Lord, with the
untiring perseverance and unflagging zeal that Christ brought into
His labors, we are to carry forward the work of the Lord.
As a people we greatly need to humble our hearts before God,
pleading His forgiveness for our neglect to fulfill the gospel commis-
sion. We have made large centers in a few places, leaving unworked
many important cities. Let us now take up the work appointed us
and proclaim the message that is to arouse men and women to a