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No Specific Time, November 6
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Mark 13:33
.
God grant that His converting power may be felt throughout this large
assembly. Oh, that the power of God may rest upon the people. What we
need is daily piety. We need to search the Scriptures daily, to pray earnestly
that by the power of the Holy Spirit God may fit every one of us up to work
in our place in His vineyard. No one is prepared to educate and strengthen
the church unless he has received the gift of the Holy Spirit. No minister is
prepared to labor intelligently for the salvation of souls, unless he is endowed
by the Holy Spirit, unless he is feeding on Christ, and has an intense hatred
of sin....
I have no specific time of which to speak when the outpouring of the Holy
Spirit will take place—when the mighty angel will come down from heaven,
and unite with the third angel in closing up the work for this world; my
message is that our only safety is in being ready for the heavenly refreshing,
having our lamps trimmed and burning. Christ has told us to watch; “for
in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh” (
Matthew 24:44
).
“Watch and pray” is the charge that is given us by our Redeemer. Day by
day we are to seek the enlightenment of the Spirit of God, that it may do its
office work upon the soul and character. Oh, how much time has been wasted
through giving attention to trifling things. Repent and be converted, that your
sins may be blotted out when the times of refreshing shall come from the
presence of the Lord.
We now call upon you to give yourselves to the service of God. Too long
have you given your powers to the service of Satan, and have been slaves
to his will. God calls upon you to behold the glory of His character, that by
beholding, you may become changed into His image.... Jesus came to reveal
to the world the love and goodness of God.—
The Review and Herald, March
29, 1892
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