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The Cities: Fields White for Harvest, June 15
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest?
behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for
they are white already to harvest.
John 4:35
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To us, as surely as to the disciples of that time, Christ speaks these words.
Time is passing, and the Lord calls upon the workers in all lines of His work
to lift up their eyes and behold the fields all ripe for the harvest.
Our workers are not branching out as they should in their efforts. Our
leading men are not awake to the work that must yet be accomplished. When
I think of the cities in which so little work has been done, in which there are
so many thousands to be warned of the soon coming of the Saviour, I feel
an intensity of desire to see men and women going forth to the work in the
power of the Spirit, filled with Christ’s love for perishing souls.
The heathen in the cities at our doors have been strangely neglected.
Organized effort should be made to save them. We are now to work to convert
the heathen who are in the midst of us—those who are living within the
shadow of our doors. A new song is to be put in their mouths, and they are
to go forth to impart to others now in darkness the light of the third angel’s
message.
We all need to be wide awake that, as the way opens, we may advance
the work in the large cities. We are far behind in following the light given
us to enter the cities and erect memorials for God. Step by step we are to
lead souls into the full light of truth. Many are longing for spiritual food. We
are to continue working until a church is organized and a humble house of
worship built. I am greatly encouraged to believe that many persons not of
our faith will help considerably by their means. The light given me is that in
many places, especially in the great cities of America, help will be given by
such persons.—
Pacific Union Recorder, October 23, 1902
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