Under the Shadow of Our Church
By A. O. Taft
FROM time to time we have reminders showing us that there are persons living very near some of our churches who are thirsting for the knowledge of the truth of the third angel's message, but who do not know where to find the individuals who can give them the knowledge which they seek. For instance, a recent letter to the Signs office states: “I have just been reading a copy of The Signs of the Times. I find it so interesting that I would like to subscribe; but as it is an old copy, I will write first to see if you are still publishing this paper in Oakland, Cal.” This lady writes from a small town where we have a large church. There is also residing there one of our ordained ministers. Why has not this woman been made aware of the message through visits of some of our people living in that locality? We have no reason to believe that the brethren and sisters living there are more negligent than our people elsewhere; but it does impress the fact that we are not nearly as wide-awake as we ought to be in visiting among our friends and neighbors, in supplying them with our literature, and in other ways directing their attention to the great message for this time. Let us open our eyes and look around us to see if we can not find living right in our immediate neighborhood some of the very ones for whom God is giving the third angel's message. It is high time that we should awake out of sleep, for our salvation is very much nearer now than when we first believed.