CANNOT LET HIM ALONE

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 17, 1881

CANNOT LET HIM ALONE.

THERE is one thing that the enemies of Christ cannot do. They can reject, scoff, rail, and blaspheme, but they cannot let him alone. The press is burdened with attacks upon him. Unbelievers who cannot agree on anything else, do agree in this to continue their warfare on him. Why do they not let him alone? They can not. He is forcing himself into the thoughts and discussions of men everywhere, and it is impossible to silently ignore him and his claims. "What shall I do then with Jesus?" said Pilate. Do with him? Why not "let him go" and pay no more attention to him? Because they cannot. He stands before every soul in silent majesty, claiming the homage and obedience of the heart. He stirs the world to-day as never before, and around his person the battle rages continually. He is in the world's thoughts, in its literature and philosophy, in its science and art, the one living, vital power. To banish him is out of the question. He is in the midst of friends and foes, and there he will remain.—Methodist Recorder.