Work for All by E. J. HARVEY

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Mar 22, 1906

Work for All

By E. J. HARVEY

E. J. HARVEY

There is much work to be done in all parts of the great harvest-field. The laborers are few indeed when we compare the number with the vast multitudes who have not yet heard that Jesus is coming soon in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory to gather his people home. Every wind of doctrine is blowing to-day. Many all around us are being deceived.

Some there are who say that it makes no difference what we believe so long as we live right. Fatal delusion! Shall not we, holding the banner of precious present truth, lift it higher and still higher, that all those with whom we come in contact may know that 'here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus'? Was there ever a more important time in this wicked world's history than the time in which we are living? The Sabbath of the fourth commandment, the holy day which God made in the beginning, at the end of the creation week, is being trodden under foot by millions of souls who profess to be followers of the meek and lowly Nazarene. Shall we sit idly by and hold our peace day and night, while souls are perishing for the very bread of life and the water of life which have been given freely to us that we might obey our Lord's command to freely give it to all? 'Whosoever will' is to-day sounding forth the invitation. Who will help proclaim it?

The end is very near. Probation will soon close. God, who in the beginning spoke and it was, commanded and it stood fast, has said that 'there shall be delay no longer.' His word can not fail. Think of his almighty power in so wonderfully creating all things by only speaking the word, and then remember that the same One who did this is the One who said, 'All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.' Matt. 28: 18-20.

In chapter 24, verses 4-14, are found these words of our divine Master concerning the condition of the nations of this world just before his second advent, and showing our need, as his faithful representatives, of patience and perseverance: 'And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.' In verses 45-47 we read: 'Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.' Again, in Mark 13: 34: 'For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.' Then there is work for me. Every man, every woman and child, who knows that Jesus is soon coming, can make it known to others in some way. When he shall appear, and we shall be like him and see him as he is, how glad we shall be that we gave our hearts to him that we might be used in his service wherever and however he might direct by his all-wise providence. Then he shall smile, and our hearts shall be enraptured because we have heard and read, and by voice and pen and printed page, by giving of the means with which he has entrusted us, and by earnest prayer, made known to others his glorious message.

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San Diego, Cal.