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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 4, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 54.

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Thoughts on Consecration

By W. H. Saxby

COMPILED BY W. H. SAXBY
“Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord, . . . that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.” Ex. 32:29.
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” Rom. 12:1.
Consecration is simply living in the constant recognition of the fact that we are the Lord’s, and not our own. “Ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Cor. 6:20.
“Why do we not consecrate ourselves to God? Entire surrender to the Lord is something that is revealed in the daily life, and it exerts an influence upon other lives.”—Mrs. E. G. White, in Gospel Herald, August, 1912. “The world’s greatest need is consecrated effort for the salvation of souls.”—Id., in Week of Prayer Readings, 1907.
“The surrender must be complete. Every weak, doubting, struggling soul who yields fully to the Lord, is placed in direct touch with agencies that enable him to overcome. Heaven is near to him, and he has the support and help of angels of mercy in every time of trial and need.”—“Acts of the Apostles,” page 299.
“The time demands greater efficiency and deeper consecration.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. IX, page 27. “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.”—Id., pages 25, 26.
“The great outpouring of the Spirit of God, which lightens the whole earth with his glory, will not come until we have an enlightened people, that know by experience what it means to be laborers together with God. When we have entire, whole-hearted consecration to the service of Christ, God will recognize the fact by an outpouring of his Spirit without measure; but this will not be while the largest portion of the church are not laborers together with God.”—Review and Herald, July 21, 1896.
“I speak to our church members in every place. You must reach a higher standard of consecration to God. If you will seek the Lord, by putting away all evil speaking and all selfishness, and continuing instant in prayer, the Lord will draw nigh to you. It is the power of the Holy Spirit that will give efficacy to your efforts and your appeals. Humble yourselves before God, that in his strength you may rise to a higher standard.”—Id., March 1, 1906.
“In our schools the youth are to receive an education that will result in full consecration to God.”—“Appeals for Unity,” page 12. “There is no limit to the usefulness of the one who, putting self aside, makes room for the working of the Holy Spirit upon his heart, and lives a life wholly consecrated to God.” “God’s ideal for his children is higher than the highest human thought can reach.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. VIII, pages 19, 63. “Just in proportion to man’s consecration to God in this life, will be his advancement in the future life.”—Southern Union Worker, June 6, 1912.
“The Lord now calls upon Seventh-day Adventists in every locality to consecrate themselves to him, and to do their very best, according to their circumstances, to assist in his work.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. IX, page 132.
“Satan does not want any one to see the necessity of an entire surrender to God. When the soul fails to make this surrender, sin is not forsaken; the appetites and passions are striving for the mastery; temptations confuse the conscience, so that true conversion does not take place.”—Id., Vol. VI, page 92.
“He who does not give himself wholly to God is under the control of another power, listening to another voice, whose suggestions are of an entirely different character. Half and half service places the human agent on the side of the enemy, as a successful ally of the hosts of darkness.”—“Mount of Blessing,” page 139.
“All that we are, all the talents and capabilities we possess, are the Lord’s, to be consecrated to his service. When we thus give ourselves wholly to him, Christ, with all the treasures of heaven, gives himself to us.”—“Christ’s Object Lessons,” page 116.
“Our consecration to God must be a living principle, interwoven with the life, and leading to self-denial and self-sacrifice. It must underlie all our thoughts, and be the spring of every action.”—Review and Herald, Jan. 2, 1900.
“What we all need is a consecration and a faith that will stand the day of test and trial.”—“Appeals for Unity,” page 7. “The Saviour comes very near to those who consecrate themselves to God. If ever there was a time when we needed the working of the Spirit of God upon our hearts and lives, it is now. Let us lay hold of this divine power for strength to live a life of holiness and self-surrender.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. IX, page 166.
“All who consecrate body, soul, and spirit to God’s service will be constantly receiving a new endowment of physical, mental, and spiritual power. The inexhaustible supplies of heaven are at their command. Christ gives them the breath of his own spirit, the life of his own life. The Holy Spirit puts forth its highest energies to work in heart and mind.”—Id., Vol. VI, page 306.
“I would be, dear Saviour, wholly thine; Teach me how, teach me how; I would do thy will, O Lord, not mine; Help me, help me now.
“What is worldly pleasure, wealth, or fame, Without thee, without thee? I will leave them all for thy dear name, This my wealth shall be.
“As I cast earth’s transient joys behind, Come thou near, come thou near; In thy presence all in all I find, ’Tis my comfort here.
“Wholly thine, wholly thine, Wholly thine, this is my vow; Wholly thine, wholly thine, Wholly thine, O Lord, just now.”