Recovering the Remnant
By E. H. Gates
THE last great threefold message of God’s truth was shown to John as being carried by angel messengers with a loud cry “to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people.” Rev. 14:6-9. In Christ’s sermon on the second advent, he said, “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” Matt. 24:14. Isaiah saw the triumph of the gospel, and wrote, “The isles shall wait for his law.” Isa. 42:4. At the time when the great nations of antiquity shall hear the last warning cry of the gospel, the people inhabiting the islands of the sea shall also hear the living invitation, and a remnant will be recovered. “The Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, . . . from the islands of the sea.” Isa. 11:11. Almost every month brings word of some new nation entered by the messengers of truth, or of representatives of foreign nations who are hearing and embracing the testing truth. The following extract from a letter written by one of our Australian ministers, shows how God is finding willing hearts to respond to the gospel invitation:— “Just a few lines to let you know about a young islander who has accepted the Sabbath truth. His name is Kaiatoa, and he was born on Peru Island, connected with the Gilbert Island, Caroline group. His age is about twenty-six. He left home when his mother died, for foreign countries, to seek a fortune, and then return, but he has not been very successful financially. He labors, sells fruit, catches rabbits, etc., for a living. He has no means, but is an intelligent, earnest Christian. He has been a Salvationist for a year. When I talked seriously about his giving his remaining life to telling his people the real Sabbath truth, he wanted time to think. Last Sabbath he said he was willing to return without money, but with the truth, to his people. It seemed quite a decision for him to return without money, but he made it understandingly. I think he might be used to carry this message to his people, if trained for a time at school.” We have no representative of present truth in the Gilbert Islands. In 1895 I became acquainted with the translator of the Bible into that tongue, and ever since have had an interest to see the message carried to that group.