One Voice Only by W. A. S.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Sep 7, 1905

One Voice Only

By W. A. S.

It is helpful to the worker for souls to remember that the human voice can not reach the ear of the dead. No one would think of visiting a cemetery to preach to the dead. Neither is it of use for any man to think of reaching with his own voice the ear of those “dead in trespasses and sins.” They can not hear.

But there is one voice that can reach the ear of the dead. One day it will speak even to the depth of the tomb. “For the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth.” John 5: 28, 29. That same voice may now be heard by souls dead in trespasses and sins, and those that hear shall live.

Therefore, the gospel worker must first of all remember that only the voice of God can speak to the sinner’s heart. Of our own selves we can do nothing—absolutely nothing. The Lord must do the work; his Holy Spirit must send the living and life-giving word of God to the heart. In this blessed dependence upon God we may minister his own word with all confidence, and all the work and all the glory are his own. W. A. S.