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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Nov 30, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 48.

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Things Necessary

By S. H. LANE

THREE things are essential for the advancement of the cause of God in the earth: first, a messenger to carry the truth; second, the influence of the Holy Spirit to give power to the word proclaimed; and, third, means to sustain the messenger in his noble work.
Christ says to his messengers, “Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.” He is with them through the ever-abiding Spirit’s power.
Those who have preached the gospel have constituted a mighty host, viewed not from earth’s standpoint, but heaven’s. They have constituted an army valiant in storming and successfully subjugating the strongholds of sin, ever conscious that in the end they would be fully successful. This army has seemingly been defeated at times in battle; but it will not be defeated in the war. These soldiers have never lost confidence in the word of God.
In order to support the army that has carried the truth everywhere, it has taken a vast amount of means, every farthing of which has been furnished by those whose hearts have been more or less touched by that spirit which has been the motive power in disseminating the truth. The means donated has not only carried on the work, but has brought a great blessing to the donors.
We are living in the closing work of the gospel. The conflict deepens. Valiant men and women are now anxious to be soldiers in carrying the conquest to all parts of the world. The Spirit’s power is waiting the demand of the army, that the conquest may be completed. But, alas, the means are insufficient to support the messengers!
The week of prayer is just at hand, a time of special blessing to the church, and of donating to the cause of God. Shall not every Seventh-day Adventist church constitute a recruiting station to supply our depleted treasury? Every year has brought its demands because of the increase of the work. And as the message is spreading rapidly, the demand for means for 1906 is greater than that of any previous year, and happy will he be who contributes now. How much can I give? is the question which each one should ask himself at the present time. And we trust the response will be so liberal that the sum realized will be far in excess of any donation previously received.
S. H. LANE, of New York.