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that His Holy Spirit can communicate the truth to the honest in heart
who are seeking after Him.
As we do this work we shall find that means will flow into our
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treasuries, and we shall have funds with which to carry on a still
broader and more far-reaching work. Souls who have wealth will
be brought into the truth and will give of their means to advance
the work of God. I have been instructed that there is much means
in the cities that are unworked. God has interested people there.
Go to them; teach them as Christ taught; give them the truth. They
will accept it. And as surely as honest souls will be converted, their
means will be consecrated to the Lord’s service, and we shall see an
increase of resources.
Oh, that we might see the needs of these cities as God sees them!
At such a time as this every hand is to be employed. The Lord is
coming; the end is near, yea, it hasteth greatly! In a little while we
shall be unable to work with the freedom that we now enjoy. Terrible
scenes are before us, and what we do we must do quickly.
A Motive For Service
Recently in the night season I was awakened from sleep and
given a view of the sufferings of Christ for men. His sacrifice, the
mockery and derision He received at the hands of wicked men, His
agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, His betrayal and crucifixion—
all were vividly portrayed before me.
I saw Christ in the midst of a large company of people. He was
seeking to impress their minds with His teachings. But He was
despised and rejected by them. Men were heaping upon Him abuse
and shame. My distress was very great as I looked upon the scene. I
pleaded with God: “What is to be done with this congregation? Will
none give up their exalted opinions of self and seek the Lord as little
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children? Will none break their hearts before God in repentance and
confession?”
There was presented to me Christ’s agony in the Garden of
Gethsemane, when the mysterious cup trembled in the Redeemer’s
hand. Father, if it be possible,” He prayed, “let this cup pass from
Me: nevertheless not as I will, but as Thou wilt.”
Matthew 26:39
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As He pleaded with the Father, great drops of blood fell from His