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and will have compassion for the lost and will travail in soul for the
redemption of men. Unless the church awakes and attends to her
post of duty, God will charge the loss of souls to her account. I have
a deep interest that the work of God shall advance.
Those who are the chosen of God are required to multiply
churches wherever they may be successful in bringing souls to the
knowledge of the truth. But the people of God are never to collect
together into a large community as they have done in Battle Creek.
Those who know what it is to have travail of soul will never do this,
for they will feel the burden that Christ carried for the salvation of
men.
The Spirit of Wisdom
Everyone who is chosen of God should improve his intellectual
powers. Jesus came to represent the character of the Father, and He
sent His disciples into the world to represent the character of Christ.
He has given us His word to point out the way of life, and He has
not left us simply to carry that word, but has also promised to give it
efficiency by the power of the Holy Spirit. Is there need, then, that
any should walk in uncertainty, grieving that they do not know and
experience the movings of the Holy Spirit upon their hearts? Are
you hungering and thirsting for instruction in righteousness? Then
you have the sure promise that you shall be filled. “And we know
that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding,
that we may know Him that is true, and we are in Him that is true,
even in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.”
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The Lord would have us in possession of the spirit of heavenly
wisdom. Are we all being impressed to pray to the Lord humbly
and earnestly as our necessities require, importuning Him for the
spirit of wisdom? Do we pray, saying, “Show me the secrets which
I know not, teach Thou me”? Oh, for humble, earnest prayer to go
forth from unfeigned lips praying for the counsel that is of God! He
says, Counsel is Mine, and sound wisdom.
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