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Testimonies for the Church Volume 9
Spirit of God is being grieved away from the earth. The nations are
angry with one another. Widespread preparations are being made
for war. The night is at hand. Let the church arouse and go forth to
do her appointed work. Every believer, educated or uneducated, can
bear the message.
Eternity stretches before us. The curtain is about to be lifted.
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What are we thinking of, that we cling to our selfish love of ease,
while all around us souls are perishing? Have our hearts become
utterly callous? Can we not see and understand that we have a work
to do in behalf of others? My brethren and sisters, are you among
those who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not? Is it in
vain that God has given you a knowledge of His will? Is it in vain
that He has sent you warning after warning of the nearness of the
end? Do you believe the declarations of His word concerning what
is coming upon the world? Do you believe that God’s judgments are
hanging over the inhabitants of the earth? How, then, can you sit at
ease, careless and indifferent?
Every day that passes brings us nearer the end. Does it bring us
also near to God? Are we watching unto prayer? Those with whom
we associate day by day need our help, our guidance. They may be
in such a condition of mind that a word in season will be sent home
by the Holy Spirit as a nail in a sure place. Tomorrow some of these
souls may be where we can never reach them again. What is our
influence over these fellow travelers? What effort do we make to
win them to Christ?
Time is short, and our forces must be organized to do a larger
work. Laborers are needed who comprehend the greatness of the
work and who will engage in it, not for the wages they receive, but
from a realization of the nearness of the end. The time demands
greater efficiency and deeper consecration. Oh, I am so full of this
subject that I cry to God: “Raise up and send forth messengers filled
with a sense of their responsibility, messengers in whose hearts self-
idolatry, which lies at the foundation of all sin, has been crucified.”
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An Impressive Scene
In the visions of the night a very impressive scene passed before
me. I saw an immense ball of fire fall among some beautiful man-