SOMETHING TO DO by GEO. W. PARKER.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 23, 1869

SOMETHING TO DO.

By GEO. W. PARKER.

It sounds harsh upon our ear to hear persons speak of “Killing time.” Dear reader, time is short. Do not seek to kill time, in the common acceptation of that phrase, or you will soon realize that time has killed you, spiritually, temporally, and eternally. Be up and doing. We have need of double diligence. Seek God in prayer. The enemy has doubled his diligence. We must make special efforts, or we shall not be prepared for what is coming. There is no time for us to be idle if we believe the truths of the third angel’s message. The Sermon department alone of this paper gives us a life long work, if we intend to make sure work in gaining eternal life. Surely if God’s word is “a lamp to our feet” we have work enough to walk just right until Jesus comes. God is endowing his chosen servants with wisdom day by day. Bright rays of light one after another are shining forth from the sanctuary above. Keep your eye steadily upon the heavenly light, and your face Zion-ward. Let the eye of faith be accustomed to its brightness, or it may prove worse to us than Egyptian darkness, “a darkness that can be felt.” Page after page is coming from the press, and these need to be sown judiciously through the land. Here is a field of usefulness open to all. Let us hasten to do what good we can. The invitation has gone forth to those that have money, and those that have none. Therefore let us use what means we have to the honor and glory of God, to advance truth, and sow the good seed which will soon ripen for the reapers. Time is short.

GEO. W. PARKER. Rochester, N. Y.