I have words to speak to you. The time
has come for much to be accomplished in Europe. A large work,
such as has been done in America, can be done in Europe. Let
sanitariums be established, let hygienic restaurants be started.
Let the light of present truth shine forth from the press. Let
the work of translating our books go forward. I have been shown
that in the European countries lights will be kindled in many
places.
There are many places where the Lord's
work has not a proper showing. Help is needed in Italy, in France,
in Scotland, and in many other countries. A larger work should
be done in these places. Laborers are needed. There is talent
among God's people in Europe, and the Lord desires this talent
to be employed in establishing all through Great Britain and
the continent, centers from which the light of His truth may
shine forth.
There is a work to be done in Scandinavia.
God is just as willing to work through Scandinavian believers
as through American believers.
My brethren, bind up with the Lord God
of hosts. Let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread. The
time has come for His work to be enlarged. Troublous times are
before us, but if we stand together in Christian fellowship,
none striving for supremacy, God will work mightily for us.
Let us be hopeful and courageous. Despondency
in God's service is sinful and unreasonable. He knows our every
necessity. He has all power. He can bestow upon His servants
the measure of efficiency that their need demands. His infinite
love and compassion never weary. With the
majesty of omnipotence He unites the gentleness and care of a
tender shepherd. We need have no fear that He will not fulfill
His promises. He is eternal truth. Never will He change the covenant
that He has made with those that love Him. His promises to His
church stand fast forever. He will make her an eternal excellence,
a joy of many generations.
Study the forty-first chapter of Isaiah,
and strive to understand it in all its significance. God declares:
"I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the
midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
and the dry land springs of water. I will plant in the wilderness
the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree;
I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the
box tree together: that they may see, and know, and consider,
and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done
this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it." Isaiah
41:18-20
He who has chosen Christ has joined himself
to a power that no array of human wisdom or strength can overthrow.
"Fear thou not; for I am with thee," He declares; "be
not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea,
I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand
of My righteousness." "I the Lord thy God will hold
thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee."
Verses 10, 13.
"To whom then will ye liken Me, or
shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high,
and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their
host by number: He calleth them all by names by the greatness
of His might, for that He is strong in power; not one faileth.
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid
from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God? Hast
thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends
of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching
of His understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them
that have no might He increaseth strength. Even the youths shall
faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but
they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they
shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not
be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." Isaiah 40:25-31.
The light of truth is to shine to the ends
of the earth. Greater and still greater light is beaming with
celestial brightness from the Redeemer's face upon His representatives,
to be diffused through the darkness of a benighted world. As
laborers together with Him, let us pray for the sanctification
of His Spirit, that we may shine more and more brightly.
The light of truth for this time is now shining upon the cabinets of kings. The attention of statesmen is being called to the Bible,--the statute book of the nations,--and they are comparing their national laws with its statutes. As representatives for Christ we have no time to lose. Our efforts are not to be confined to a few places where the light has become so abundant that it is not appreciated. The gospel message is to be proclaimed to all nations and kindreds and tongues and peoples.