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The Lord Is Soon Coming
[Special Testimonies, Series A 3:12, 13 (1895).]
The end of all things is at hand. The Lord is soon coming.
Already His judgments are abroad in our land. We are not only
to talk of Christ’s coming, but in every action we are to reveal
the fact that He is soon to be manifested in the clouds of heaven
with power and great glory. Have we the wedding garment on?
Have we personal piety? Have we cooperated with divine agencies
in a wholehearted, unreserved manner, in weaving into our life’s
practices the divine principles of God’s holy law? It is one thing to
talk the law, and it is another thing entirely to practice it. It is the
doers of the law that shall be justified before God; for those who do
the law represent the character of God, and lie not against the truth.
The Lord is coming. Oh, the time is short, and who in the Bible
view are laborers together with God? Shall we not be filled with
fear and awe lest we are still in our own natural tempers, lest we
are unconverted and unholy, and seeking to pass off a counterfeit
experience for a genuine one? Awake, brethren, awake, before it
shall be forever too late.
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There are many who are laborers together with God whom we do
not discern. The hands of ministers have never been laid upon them
in ordination for the work; but nevertheless they are wearing the yoke
of Christ, and exert a saving influence in working in different lines to
win souls to Christ. The success of our work depends upon our love
to God and our love to our fellowmen. When there is harmonious
action among the individual members of the church, when there is
love and confidence manifested by brother to brother, there will be
proportionate force and power in our work for the salvation of men.
Oh, how greatly we need a moral renovation! Without the faith that
works by love, you can do nothing. May the Lord give you hearts to
receive this testimony.
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Read and study the fourth chapter of Zechariah. The two olive
trees empty the golden oil out of themselves through the golden
pipes into the golden bowl from which the lamps of the sanctuary