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in prayer for them while others were sleeping. If those who let that
golden opportunity pass, had taken their position decidedly for the
truth, determined to share with the church the warfare, the self-denial,
and the reproach, and to share the final victory, there would have been
a revival whose influence would have been far-reaching outside the
church.
God calls upon the workers in this mission to reach a higher, holier
standard. Christiania is an important point in our mission fields; it is
the great center of the work for the Scandinavian people. From this
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place the publications are sent out, and the laborers go forth to proclaim
the commandments of God, and it is of the greatest importance that a
right influence be exerted by this church, both by precept and example.
The standard must not be placed so low that those who accept the truth
shall transgress God’s commandments while professing to obey them.
Better, far better, would it be to leave them in darkness until they could
receive the truth in its purity.
There are those who are watching this people to see what is the
influence of the truth upon them. The children of this world are wiser
in their generation than the children of light; when the claims of the
fourth commandment are set before them, they look to see how it is
regarded by those who profess to obey it. They study the life and
character of its advocates, to learn whether these are in harmony with
their profession of faith; and by the opinions thus formed, many are
influenced very largely in the acceptance or rejection of the truth. If
this people will conform their lives to the Bible standard, they will be
indeed a light in the world, a city set upon a hill.