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A Great Confession

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 29, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 32.

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A Great Confession

By M. Leslie Rice

M. LESLIE RICE
The following experience came to the writer recently: I was invited by the pastor of the —— Church to speak in his church one Sunday evening. Taking advantage of the opportunity of sowing some seed of truth, I accepted the invitation, and chose for the subject “The Judgment.” At the appointed hour I found a company of eager listeners, and by the Spirit of God deep impressions were made upon the minds of all, even the pastor.
At the close of my sermon the pastor said, “I feel as if I must say a few words. You have heard tonight the straight testimony. Our brother has given us the word, unmixed with human theories, and I admire him for it; but he is a young man, new in the ministry, and he preaches what he thinks is truth; but see him ten years from now and his bread and butter will be behind his preaching. He will then preach to please the people. I dare not preach the straight testimony,—the ministers at large dare not do it,—and if I did, you who are here before me would take up stones and stone me.”
Surely this points to the time of the end. May God give those who preach his word grace to stand firm, even against opposition.
San Bernardino, Cal.