The Disease and the Cure

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Jun 2, 1904

The Disease and the Cure

GIDEON OUSLEY, whose faithful ministry was crowned with wonderful results, tells how he was called to preach, in the following very striking and suggestive way:—

“The voice said, ‘Gideon, go and preach the gospel.’”

“‘How can I go?’ said I; ‘O Lord, I can not speak, for I am a child.’”

“‘Do you know the disease?’”

“‘O, yes, Lord, I do.’”

“‘And do you know the cure?’”

“‘Indeed I do, glory be to thy holy name!’”

“‘Go, then, and tell them these two things, the disease and the cure. All the rest is nothing but talk.’”

The disease and the cure! Ah, there is the root of the matter! What business has a preacher to talk about anything else but that?—Selected.