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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 1, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 22.

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Our Free Choice

By F. M. W.

Two master minds are seeking to-day to control in the affairs of men. Two opposing and contending principles are in operation. Good and evil are each striving for the mastery. God has constituted man a free moral agent; he bestows upon him the right and the privilege to choose which of these principles he will follow; whether he will permit his life to be governed and controlled by the principles of Heaven, or whether he will subordinate himself to the master mind of the prince of evil.
The choice of deciding rests with every soul. This is a great responsibility, a responsibility which, when realized, must sober every thought. “Choose ye,” says the Lord, “this day whom ye will serve.” But while the Lord bestows upon man the freedom of choice, he uses every endeavor consistent with the principle of free moral agency to lead him to choose the right. His Spirit pleads with every heart, “Turn ye, turn ye; . . . for why will ye die?” He says: “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”
F. M. W.