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was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice,
as of a trumpet.”
The Lord’s day is the seventh day, the Sabbath of creation. On the
day that God sanctified and blessed, Christ signified “by His angel unto
His servant John” things which must come to pass before the close of
the world’s history, and He means that we should become intelligent
with regard to them. It is not in vain that He declares: “Blessed is
he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and
keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.”
Revelation 1:9, 10, 1-3
. This is the education that is to be patiently
given. Let our lessons be appropriate for the day in which we live, and
let our religious instruction be given in accordance with the messages
God sends.
We shall have to stand before magistrates to answer for our alle-
giance to the law of God, to make known the reasons of our faith. And
the youth should understand these things. They should know the things
that will come to pass before the closing up of the world’s history.
These things concern our eternal welfare, and teachers and students
should give more attention to them. By pen and voice, knowledge
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should be imparted which will be meat in due season, not only to the
young, but to those of mature years also.—
Testimonies for the Church
6:127-129
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Solemn Scenes of Prophecy—The perils of the last days are upon
us, and in our work we are to warn the people of the danger they are
in. Let not the solemn scenes which prophecy has revealed be left
untouched. If our people were half awake, if they realized the nearness
of the events portrayed in the Revelation, a reformation would be
wrought in our churches, and many more would believe the message.
We have no time to lose; God calls upon us to watch for souls as they
that must give an account.
Advance new principles, and crowd in the clear-cut truth. It will
be as a sword cutting both ways.
But be not too ready to take a controversial attitude. There will
be times when we must stand still and see the salvation of God. Let
Daniel speak, let the Revelation speak, and tell what is truth. But
whatever phase of the subject is presented, uplift Jesus as the center
of all hope, “the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright and
morning Star.”—
Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, 118
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