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that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they
may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”
Matthew 5:13-16
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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
While the angels hold the four winds, we are to work with all our
capabilities. We must bear our message without any delay. We must
give evidence to the heavenly universe, and to men in this degenerate
age, that our religion is a faith and a power of which Christ is the
Author and His word the divine oracle. Human souls are hanging
in the balance. They will either be subjects for the kingdom of God
or slaves to the despotism of Satan. All are to have the privilege of
laying hold of the hope set before them in the gospel, and how can
they hear without a preacher? The human family is in need of a moral
renovation, a preparation of character, that they may stand in God’s
presence. There are souls ready to perish because of the theoretical
errors which are prevailing, and which are calculated to counterwork
the gospel message. Who will now fully consecrate themselves to
become laborers together with God
Today a large part of those who compose our congregations are
dead in trespasses and sins. They come and go like the door upon
its hinges. For years they have complacently listened to the most
solemn, soul-stirring truths, but they have not put them in practice.
Therefore they are less and less sensible of the preciousness of truth.
The stirring testimonies of reproof and warning do not arouse them
to repentance. The sweetest melodies that come from God through
human lips—justification by faith, and the righteousness of Christ—do
not call forth from them a response of love and gratitude. Though the
heavenly Merchantman displays before them the richest jewels of faith
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Testimonies for the Church 6:21