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To God’s Workmen
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I ask you, Is the kingdom of God within you? God’s people are
to be minutemen, always ready, always composed in Jesus Christ.
The time is now come when one moment we may be on solid earth,
the next the earth may be heaving beneath our feet. Earthquakes will
take place when least expected.
Christianity has a much broader meaning than many have hith-
erto given it. It is not a creed. It is the word of Him who liveth and
abideth forever. It is a living, animating principle, that takes posses-
sion of mind, heart, motives, and the entire man. Christianity—oh,
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that we might experience its operations! It is a vital, personal ex-
perience, that elevates and ennobles the whole man. Every man is
responsible to God, who has made provision for all to receive this
blessing. But many do not receive it, although Christ has purchased
it for them at infinite cost. They have not grasped the blessing within
their reach, and therefore they have retained their objectionable traits
of character, and sin lieth at the door. While they profess piety, Satan
has made them his agents to pull down and confuse where he thought
best. They exert an influence deleterious to the souls of many who
need an example that would help them heavenward.
Who are the subjects of the kingdom of God?—all those who do
His will. They have righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
The members of Christ’s kingdom are the sons of God, partners in
His great firm. The elect of God are a chosen generation, a peculiar
people, a holy nation, to show forth the praises of Him who hath
called them out of darkness into His marvelous light. They are the
salt of the earth, the light of the world. They are living stones, a
royal priesthood. They are in copartnership with Jesus Christ. These
are they that follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth....
Our Individuality
There are rights which belong to every individual. We have
an individuality and an identity that is our own. No one can sub-
merge his identity in that of any other. All must act for themselves,
according to the dictates of their own conscience. As regards our
responsibility and influence, we are amenable to God as deriving our
life from Him. This we do not obtain from humanity, but from God
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only. We are His by creation and by redemption. Our very bodies