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Let Us Stand Together

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 19, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 25.

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Let Us Stand Together

WE must stand together if the work, under the blessing of God, succeeds. There is danger always when important changes are effected in organization that Satan will seek to interpose misunderstandings. The believers will be tempted to seek alone the special interests of that part of the work with which they are connected. The spirit of selfishness will be engendered, and the work, in place of being cemented into one united whole, will be looked upon as composed of separate and independent parts. We must guard against this by every means in our power.
This movement is one movement the wide world over. Seventh-day Adventists, whether in North or South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, or the islands of the sea, possess one hope. To them has been committed one work,— the promotion and extension of the same gospel. We must not become self-centered. We must not regard the interest of one part of the great harvest-field as paramount to the great general interests involved. We must not permit ourselves to grow sectional. Conference boundaries must no longer confine our interests and sympathies. We must ever bear in mind that we are debtors to all men, and that this message is to go to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people.
It is right and proper that we should give special thought and attention to the particular interests entrusted to us, but let us ever cherish a helpful, generous spirit toward our brethren with similar interests. We need to strengthen the bonds which hold us together. We need to talk love and confidence and united effort. With this attitude toward the work on the part of every believer, we believe the changes made at the recent General Conference, under God's blessing, will prove most effectual in the promotion of the highest interests of this work. Let us pull in even lines. Let us stand by one another. Let us be true to God and true to the work he has given us to do.