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Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers
Our Message
[Special Testimonies, Series A 11:18-20 (1898).]
What is the message that we are to give? “Ho, everyone that
thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come
ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money
and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which
is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken
diligently unto Me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul
delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto Me: hear,
and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant
with you, even the sure mercies of David. Behold, I have given him
for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations
that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God,
and for the Holy One of Israel; for He hath glorified thee. Seek ye
the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is
near: let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy
upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.”
To my ministering brethren I would say, Prosecute this work with
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tact and ability. Set to work the young men and the young women
in our churches. Combine the medical missionary work with the
proclamation of the third angel’s message. Make regular, organized
effort to lift the churches out of the dead level into which they have
fallen and have remained for years. Send into the churches workers
who will set the principles of health reform in their connection
with the third angel’s message before every family and individual.
Encourage all to take a part in work for their fellowmen, and see if
the breath of life will not quickly return to these churches.
Study faithfully the thirty-third chapter of Ezekiel. The work
which is being done in medical missionary lines is the very work
which Christ commanded His followers to do. Can you not clearly
see that those who are engaged in this work are fulfilling the
Saviour’s commission? Can you not see that it would please your
Saviour if you would lay aside all false dignity and learn in His
school how to wear His yoke and carry His burdens?