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indifference upon the people who are right upon the borders of the
eternal world. They have missionary work to do, decided testimonies
to bear. The trumpet is to give a certain sound in warnings, in reproofs,
in entreaties. All should put forth earnest labour in seeking to save
perishing souls.
What means this deadness? What means this spirit of being self-
centred? Time is passing! The end is near! Whom are you trying to
save from the pit of destruction? Oh that God would breathe in these
worldly-minded souls. Oh that they might feel to the very depths of
their being that they must watch unto prayer, that they have entrusted
talents to be used now, just now, whenever God calls for their gifts
to advance His work in our world. Do they hear the voice of God
saying, “Ye are the light of the world?” Imaginations and dreams and
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a knowledge of the truth are not enough. Every believer is to kindle
his taper from the divine altar. All are to shine, because the light of
the truth has come upon them, and they cannot help shining amid the
moral darkness of the world.
“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour,
wherewith shall it be salted?” Read Revelation, read from the begin-
ning to the close. Not only read, but study most earnestly, determined
to understand. “Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words
of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein.”
Read chapter 2:1-5. There is to be a doing of the first work. “Never-
theless I have somewhat against thee, because thou has left thy first
love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent,
and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will
remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.” See also
chapter 3:1-8.
I can write but little now. I have written so much for the last mail
that I am too weary to write. In the night season I was speaking to
you in the visions of my head upon by bed. I said that the company of
believers were neglecting their God-given work. They have been in
the condition which Christ represents by the salt without the savour.
They need the Holy Spirit, and they will not have it unless they arouse
themselves and do the works of Christ. They are to give to the world
the light the Lord has given them. Unless they shall practise the truth,
the truth will not sanctify their own souls nor the souls of others. With
hearts full of earnestness and light they are to communicate to others