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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Jul 16, 1914

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 29.

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Unlimited Service

By John N. Quinn

JOHN N. QUINN
LOVE measures no gift. LOVE limits no service. God gave not the Spirit by measure to Jesus Christ. He filled him with all the fullness of the Godhead. “Of his fullness” does the believer in Christ receive, and to the one who has received of Christ’s fullness, there are no limitations to service.
When missionary activity is urged, not infrequently has the objection been offered, “My daily service is in a religious institution, and when the day’s work is finished, I have done all that is required of me.” But this was a limited service, perhaps a failure fully to enter into the spirit of our Lord and Master.
The tithe has been paid, and an offering given to missions, and here ends responsibility in the cause of Christ, is the feeling of others. The nine tenths is mine, to be used as I please. A measured gift! It requires all to buy the field containing the pearl of everlasting life, and he who is fully in touch with the spirit of heaven is willing to give time and strength and money to rescue men from the soon-coming maelstrom of God’s wrath, and bring them to Christ. No other spirit than this is recognized by the gospel; no other spirit will enter the kingdom of Him who emptied himself that we might receive of God’s fullness. “Freely [fully] ye have received, freely give.” LOVE measures no gift. LOVE limits no service.