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thanksgiving for the unspeakable privilege of knowing the truth. If you
would lose sight of self by beholding Christ, you would be changed
from glory to glory, from character to character, and would rejoice in
His redeeming love.
We have no time for fretting over ourselves, no time to look on
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the dark side. There are souls to be saved. We must live in Christ and
Christ must live in us, else we shall preach and labor in vain. Those
who are brethren in the faith must stand together in oneness, striving
to answer Christ’s prayer to His Father. Let us stop fretting. Let us put
away all jealousy, all evil surmising. Let us put on Christ and walk in
the light of the Sun of Righteousness. Preach the Word. Practice the
Word. Then souls will be converted.
At present your spiritual condition is a stumbling block to your
best efforts. We have the most sublime truths ever given to men. How
are we handling them? In Christ, dead to self, open your mouth, and
God will fill it. Christ will impress the minds of your hearers.
Cooperation with God means His cooperation with us. Cooperation
with our brethren gives standing room for every one who does the work.
Cooperation is now greatly needed. Seek not for the highest place. If
you do, you will be given the lowest place. Have courage in the Lord.
But do not think that you are the only agent through whom He will
work. For Christ’s sake do your best, without speaking one ungrateful
word to God or to your brethren. Then the Lord will bless you. We
have not a moment to waste in regrets or recrimination.
Take not your troubles to man, who may have no greater wisdom
than you yourself. Take your troubles to Him who hears and answers
prayer. Labor, labor with this poor soul and that poor soul. Keep your
head out of books and your hand from writing. Seek the salvation of
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those who are ready to perish. How earnestly should we be engaged
in laboring for souls as they that must give an account.—Lt 119, 1900.
Impact of Jesus’ Love on the Speaker’s Heart—There have
been entire discourses, dry and Christless, in which Jesus has scarcely
been named. The speaker’s heart is not subdued and melted by the
love of Jesus. He dwells upon dry theories. No great impression is
made. The speaker has not the divine unction, and how can he move
the hearts of the people? We need to repent and be converted—yes, the
preacher converted. The people must have Jesus lifted up before them,