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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Feb 16, 1882

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 8, No. 7.

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TO CHRISTIAN WORKERS.

CHRISTIAN workers! pause and listen; Christ is seeking thee to-day. Cease thy labors for one moment, Solemn words he hath to say.
He is standing close beside thee; And behold his face is sad, As he gazeth on thy service, Which methought would make him glad.
Such unwearied self-devotion! Such untiring, earnest zeal! Such rich eloquence and pathos! Burning words that wound to heal.
Still the Lord is sadly gazing. Hark! he now doth question thee: Listen well, his tones are gentle, “Dost thou work from love to me?”
Ah, how often, fellow-Christians, Do we need the question still! Are we now from pure affection Working out the Saviour’s will?
If our secret spring of action Were exposed to mortal view, Would it bear examination? Could it be pronounced quite true?
Does not conscience sometimes tell us That the motive power is wrong, Of what seems our fairest action, Of what sounds our sweetest song?
Jesus, Saviour, Oh forgive us, As with shame we this confess; May our love to thee grow stronger, May our love of self grow less.
Oh, reveal thyself so plainly, That our one desire may be Just to let ourselves be nothing, Lost in love of pleasing thee.