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The Gift of Singing, July 8
What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the
understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the
understanding also.
1 Corinthians 14:15
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The Lord is calling upon His people to take up different lines of missionary
work, to sow beside all waters. We do but a small part of the work that He
desires us to do among our neighbors and friends. By kindness to the poor,
the sick, or the bereaved we may obtain an influence over them, so that divine
truth will find access to their hearts. No such opportunity for service should
be allowed to pass unimproved. It is the highest missionary work that we can
do. The presentation of the truth in love and sympathy from house to house is
in harmony with the instruction of Christ to His disciples when He sent them
out on their first missionary tour.
Those who have the gift of song are needed. Song is one of the most
effective means of impressing spiritual truth upon the heart. Often by the
words of sacred song, the springs of penitence and faith have been unsealed.
Church members, young and old, should be educated to go forth to proclaim
this last message to the world. If they go in humility, angels of God will go
with them, teaching them how to lift up the voice in prayer, how to raise the
voice in song, and how to proclaim the gospel message for this time.
Young men and women, take up the work to which God calls you. Christ
will teach you to use your abilities to good purpose. As you receive the
quickening influence of the Holy Spirit, and seek to teach others, your minds
will be refreshed, and you will be able to present words that are new and
strangely beautiful to your hearers. Pray and sing, and speak the Word....
God wants His people to receive to impart. As impartial, unselfish wit-
nesses, they are to give to others what the Lord has given them. And as you
enter into this work, and by whatever means in your power seek to reach
hearts, be sure to work in a way that will remove prejudice instead of creating
it. Make the life of Christ your constant study, and labor as He did, following
His example.—
The Review and Herald, June 6, 1912
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