Chapter 6—Extracts of Other Letters to the Wessels
Family
The Leaven of Truth
Our special interest should be in God’s work. Our whole soul
should be full of zeal to work while the day lasts; for the night cometh
in which no man can work. The message of warning must be given to
the world. I dare not remain indifferent when there are souls to be saved
for whom Christ has died. The leaven of truth must be introduced.
We see that cities are becoming as they were in the days of Noah,
and as were Sodom and Gomorrah. The inhabitants are planting and
building. Their passions are stimulated to intense activity by games,
horse racing, and intemperance of every description. The fever swells
every vein, and the heart throbs with the restless tide of unhallowed
emotion. Thousands upon thousands are sunk in a stupid lethargy.
Their sleep is as deep as if they were under a powerful, poisonous
drug. They are dead in trespasses and sins. And yet no work for God
is being done in these cities. The entire tendency is toward corruption,
and the end is a moral prostration which means death to the soul. Why
should we not be alarmed?
Nothing but the leaven of truth can reach the people of these cities.
The aid of the great I AM must be relied on. The healing fountain
must be proclaimed. “If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and
drink.” The balm of a Saviour’s love must be presented, to heal the
sin-bruised souls. The mighty energies of the Holy Spirit, with all its
quickening, recuperative, transforming power must be applied to the
palsy-stricken souls. I see no way that we can do this work other than
to engage in Medical Missionary work.—
Letter 130, 1897
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Opposers of the Truth
The men who have lately apostatized say that the Sabbath does not
amount to much. It makes no difference whether we keep it, or do not
keep it. They say they are preaching sanctification, but where does
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