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Recognizing the Voice

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 22, 1902

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 79, No. 29.

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Recognizing the Voice

By F. D. STARR

In the parable of the Good Shepherd, John 10, the Saviour states that the sheep know the Shepherd's voice. This hour of course is very necessary. It seems that the voice of the great enemy of the flock is sometimes discernible. While I was canvassing a German man and his wife recently for “Christ's Object Lessons,” the woman said, “I want that book, but the devil tells me not to take it.” I thought she frankly told in German what is also many times true in plain English. But many do not seem to recognize as readily as this person did the source from which this persuasion comes. It “cometh not of him that calleth you.” Gal. 5:8. If the voice were recognized, the suggestions would be shunned with horror, and the good impulses and noble deeds that Satan wishes to check would be more promptly executed. The woman added: “I am not a converted person, and if there is anything in that book that will help me to be saved, I want it.” She seemed like a struggling captive, who recognized that the enemy did not want her to become free indeed.
The same devil who was exposed by this open-hearted Teuton is trying to keep thousands from buying “Christ's Object Lessons.” What shall we do about it? F. D. STARR.