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Keeping the Watchers Awake, June 26
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of
sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Romans 13:11
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My brethren, you must have Jesus enthroned within, and self must die.
We must be baptized with the Holy Spirit, and then we shall not sit down,
saying unconcernedly, “What is to be will be; prophecy must be fulfilled.” Oh,
awake, I pray you, awake! for you bear the most sacred responsibilities. As
faithful watchmen, you should see the sword coming, and give the warning,
that men and women may not pursue a course through ignorance that they
would avoid if they knew the truth.
The Lord has enlightened us in regard to what is coming upon the earth,
that we may enlighten others, and we shall not be held guiltless if we are
content to sit at ease, with folded hands, and quibble over matters of minor
importance. The minds of many have been engrossed with contentions, and
they have rejected the light given through the Testimonies, because it did not
agree with their own opinions.
God does not force any man into His service. Every soul must decide
for himself whether or not he will fall on the Rock and be broken. Heaven
has been amazed to see the spiritual stupidity that has prevailed. You need
individually to open your proud hearts to the Spirit of God, You need to have
your intellectual ability sanctified to the service of God. The transforming
power of God must be upon you, that your minds may be renewed by the
Holy Spirit, that you may have the mind that was in Christ.
If the watchmen sleep under an opiate of Satan’s and do not recognize
the voice of the true Shepherd, and do not take up the warning, I tell you in
the fear of God, they will be charged with the blood of souls. The watchmen
must be wide awake, men who will not slumber at their post of duty, day nor
night. They must give the trumpet a certain sound, that the people may shun
the evil, and choose the good. Stupidity and careless indifference cannot be
excused. On every side of us there are breakers and hidden rocks which will
dash our bark in pieces, and leave us helpless wrecks, unless we make God
our refuge and help.—
The Review and Herald, December 24, 1889
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