Instruction has been given me that the
message should go again with power in the cities in the Eastern
States. In many of the large cities of the East the first and
second angels' messages were proclaimed during the 1844 movement.
To us, as God's servants, has been entrusted the third angel's
message, the binding-off message, that is to prepare a people
for the coming of the King. We are to make every effort to give
a knowledge of the truth to all who will hear, and there are
many who will listen. All through the large cities God has honest
souls who are interested in what is truth.
Time is short; the Lord desires that everything
connected with His cause shall be brought into order. He desires
that the solemn message of warning and of invitation shall be
proclaimed as widely as His messengers can carry it. Nothing
that would hinder the advance of the message is to be allowed
to come into our plans. "Repeat the message, repeat the
message," were the words spoken to me over and over again.
"Tell My people to repeat the message in the places where
it was first preached, and where church after church took their
position for the truth, the power of God witnessing to the message
in a remarkable manner."
For years the pioneers of our work struggled
against poverty and manifold hardships in order to place the
cause of present truth on vantage ground. With meager facilities,
they labored untiringly, and the Lord blessed their humble efforts.
The message went with power in the East and extended westward
until centers of influence had been established in many places.
The laborers of today may not have to endure all the hardships
of those early days. The changed conditions, however, should
not lead to any slackening of effort. Now, when the Lord bids
us proclaim the message once more with power in the East, when
He bids us enter the cities of the East and of the South and
of the West and of the North, shall we not respond as one man
and do His bidding? Shall we not plan to send our messengers
all through these fields and support them liberally? Shall not
the ministers of God go into these crowded centers and there
lift up their voices in warning the multitudes? What are our
conferences for, if not for the carrying forward of this very
work?
A beginning has been made in proclaiming
the third angel's message in the city of Washington and in other
cities of the South and the East; but in order to meet the mind
of the Lord, we shall have to plan for the carrying forward of
a far-reaching and systematic work. We must enter into this work
with a perseverance that will not allow of any slackening of
our efforts until we shall see of the salvation of God.
In Portland, Maine; in Boston and the towns
round about; in New York and the populous cities close by; in
Philadelphia and Baltimore and Washington, the Lord desires us
to proclaim the third angel's message with power. We cannot exercise
this power ourselves, but we can choose men of capability and
urge them to go into these avenues of opportunity and there proclaim
the message in the power of the Holy Spirit. We must plan to
place in these cities capable men who can present the third angel's
message in a manner so forcible that it will strike home to the
heart. Men who can do this work we
cannot afford to gather into one place to do a work that others
might do.
As these workers talk the truth and live
the truth, and pray for the advancement of the truth, God will
move upon hearts. As they work with all the strength that God
grants them, and in humility of heart put their entire trust
in Him, their labors will not be without fruit. Their determined
efforts to bring souls to a knowledge of the truth for this time
will be seconded by holy angels, and many souls will be saved.