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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 26, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 43.

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“He made as though he would have gone further. But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us.” Luke 24: 28, 29.
“And he went in to tarry with them.” Their insistence brought the blessed Jesus, yet unrecognized, into their little home; and in a few moments they knew, to the overflowing joy of their hearts, that they had found the Saviour, who had been crucified, and that he lived again.
THE Saviour’s loving heart longs to share heaven’s blessedness with every soul. Here let the voice of Elder James White—now sleeping in Jesus—again give the exhortation to “let the Saviour in.” In the REVIEW of Sept. 3, 1857, in an appeal in behalf of the youth, and to parents to set the children an example of unworldliness and devotion, Elder White wrote:—
“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in.” Are you so deaf that you can not hear his lovely voice? Is your mind so blinded by the god of this world that you can not see that you have shut Jesus out? Is your heart so unfeeling that it will not yield and melt in view of this call to you from the soon-expected Saviour? If so, woeful indeed is your condition. Christ will not long stand at the door of thy heart and knock. Not much longer! His locks are wet with the dews of night. He spilled his blood for you. He wants to wash you clean. He desires to come in and live in you. He will make you free, pure, and happy. He will abide with you if you will turn out and keep out of your heart the love of this world. He will manifest his love and glory, to old and young, parents and children, if they will prepare the way of the Lord in their hearts and let him in. O, dear reader, let him in! let him in!
We solemnly believe that obedience to this message is the only hope of the church. A crisis is coming. A portion of the church—and God grant that it may be the largest portion—will rend their hearts and prepare them to receive Jesus Christ; while a portion will be spewed out of his mouth. The true testimony from the Word of God will show who will be wholly the Lord’s. It will manifest the heart. And are there any reasons why it should be withheld?—There is none. A delay when an alarm should be given may prove fatal to some. While there is hope, then, let the servants of God, in the language of the prophet, “cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58: 1.