The light that God has given His people
is not to be shut up within the churches that already know the
truth. It is to be shed abroad into the dark places of the earth.
Those who walk in the light as Christ is in the light will co-operate
with the Saviour by revealing to others what He has revealed
to them. It is God's purpose that the truth for this time shall
be made known to every kindred and nation and tongue and people.
In the world today men and women are absorbed in the search for
worldly gain and worldly pleasure. There are thousands upon thousands
who give no time or thought to the salvation of the soul. The
time has come when the message of Christ's soon coming is to
sound throughout the world.
Unmistakable evidences point to the nearness
of the end. The warning is to be given in certain tones. The
way must be prepared for the coming of the Prince of Peace in
the clouds of heaven. There is much to be done in the cities
that have not yet heard the truth for this time. We are not to
establish institutions to rival in size and splendor the institutions
of the world; but in the name of the Lord, with the untiring
perseverance and unflagging zeal that Christ brought into His
labors, we are to carry forward the work of the Lord.
As a people we greatly need to humble our
hearts before God, pleading His forgiveness for our neglect to
fulfill the gospel commission. We have made large centers in
a few places, leaving unworked many important cities. Let us
now take up the work appointed us and proclaim the message that
is to arouse men and women to a sense of their danger. If every
Seventh-day Adventist had done the work laid upon him, the number
of believers would now be much larger than it is. In all the
cities of America there would be those who had been led to heed
the message to obey the Law of God.
In some places the message regarding the
observance of the Sabbath has been set forth with clearness and
power, while other places have been left without warning. Will
not those who know the truth awake to the responsibilities resting
upon them? My brethren, you cannot afford to bury yourselves
in worldly enterprises or interests. You cannot afford to neglect
the commission given you by the Saviour.
Everything in the universe calls
upon those who know the truth to consecrate themselves unreservedly
to the proclamation of the truth as it has been made known to
them in the third angel's message. That which we see and hear
calls us to our duty. The working of satanic agencies calls every Christian to stand in his lot.