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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 29, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 30.

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Editorial

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Trumpet-Calls

TRUMPET-CALLS to service were heard day by day in all the addresses and reports at the General Conference. We take for this page a few words that appeal to personal action, from the addresses by Sister White.
To Every Man His Work: “There is something for each of us to do. It is no use to talk of being Christians if we leave unhelped those who are perishing all around us. . . . Christ is waiting, waiting for places to be entered. Who are preparing for this work?”
One Light Kindles Many: “Your light may be small, but remember that it is what God has given you, and that he holds you responsible to let it shine forth. Some one may light his taper from yours, and his light may be the means of leading others out from the darkness.”
Use the One Talent: “It is not always the brightest talent that accomplishes the most for the cause of God. God can speak through a humble mind if that mind is consecrated to him and to his service. When we catch the spirit of the message which is to lead souls to choose between life and death, we shall see a work done that we do not now dream of.”
Finding the Work: “Go daily to the Lord for instruction and guidance; depend upon God for light and knowledge. Pray for this instruction and this light until you get it. It will not avail for you to ask, and then forget the thing for which you have prayed. Keep your mind upon your prayer. You can do this while working with your hands. You can say, Lord, I believe; with all my heart I believe. Let the Holy Spirit’s power come upon me.”
Home Training for Service: “Fathers and mothers, you have a solemn work to do. The eternal salvation of your children depends upon your course of action. How will you successfully educate your children? Not by scolding; for it will do no good. Talk to your children as if you had confidence in their intelligence. Deal with them kindly, tenderly, lovingly. Tell them that God would have them educated and trained to be laborers together with him.”
Response by Sacrifice: “It does not mean the making of a little sacrifice. It costs much to be men and women of God. Men and women are going forth more and more to carry the gospel message. We thank God for this, but we need a greater awakening. We slide back into self-indulgence; we do not exercise to the utmost power the virtues that Christ has promised if we ask for them in faith. That which we receive from Christ we must give to others. None who receive the grace of Christ can keep it to themselves.”
Blessed, to Be a Blessing: “‘For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord.’ When the Lord comforts you, you will speak that comfort to others; you will choose to speak words of comfort rather than blame. When the Lord makes your wilderness like Eden, you will want to go forth to the people. You will want the light that is so precious and glorious to you to shine upon their pathway. ‘Joy and gladness shall be found therein; thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.’”
Hundreds More to the Field: “There are hundreds of our people who ought to be out in the field, who are doing little or nothing for the advancement of the message. . . . We need the wisdom that God alone can give if we carry the message to these cities with success. Let our churches everywhere come into line. Let none who have pledged themselves by baptism to live for the service and glory of God take back their pledge. There is a world to be saved. Let this thought urge us on to greater sacrifices and earnest labor for those who are out of the way.”
Get Ready: Closing words of the final Sabbath morning sermon. “Who among us is humbling the heart before God? Who are washing their robes and making them white in the blood of the Lamb? Let us awake from sleep, and pray as we have never prayed before, that the burden of souls may rest upon us. The burden of my message to you is, Get ready, get ready to meet the Lord! Trim your lamps, and let the light of truth shine forth into the byways and hedges. There is a world to be warned of the near approach of the end of all things.”