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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 24, 1910

Gathering Them In

By W. A. S.

It is the gathering time. The Lord's lost and wandering sheep are to be gathered into the fold of the truth of God for this last generation. For nearly a full generation, now, Seventh-day Adventists have had the commission to go “into all the world” to seek the wandering. The hour is late, and we are far behind. From the uttermost parts of the earth come reports showing that the Great Shepherd is going before us by his Spirit, seeking out his flock in the dark and most populous corners of the earth. From Sierre Leone, on the African West Coast, Elder D. C. Babcock sends the following report:—

During the year 1906 Brother and Sister R. P. Dauphin were engaged in mission work in the interior of Sierre Leone for the United Brethren in Christ. The Lord blessed their efforts, and two churches were raised up.

They became quite dissatisfied with their spiritual condition, and sought the Lord earnestly for a deeper work of grace in their hearts.

One night Mrs. Dauphin had a very remarkable dream. She said the place became very gloomy, and she felt something terrible was about to take place. She felt she was among a number of people who were going to receive the seal of God. They never spoke a word to one another, but hastened on to the place where they were to receive the seal.

The worldly were beating drums, and been dancing (as the natives do), and looking after their business as usual.

As the company drew near to the place where they were to receive the seal, she saw a tent pitched, and looked about for her husband; at last he came, and they both entered the tent. When she entered the tent, she saw a table, and a white man behind it, with some colored people. She saw the people pass along and receive the seal, along with her husband and herself. She awoke, and was greatly troubled about it.

Five months after, they came to Freetown, and Brother Dauphin came over to visit me at the mission house. He soon embraced the Sabbath. His wife, however, opposed him; and when we opened our tent-meetings, he invited her to go, if only for one night. After several meetings had been held, she decided to go with him. As soon as she stepped into the tent, her dream came up before her, and she whispered to her husband about it. That night I took for my text Rev. 7: 1-3, the seal of God. She soon saw that the seal of God and the Sabbath were the same. She whispered to her husband again, “I am going to keep the Sabbath.” They are both faithful and earnest workers in the message.

What is the meaning of incidents such as these that come to us now with multiplying frequency from all parts of the world? I believe they are signals of encouragement to us, to cheer and hasten us on with the gathering message to all the tribes and tongues of earth. The Lord is thinking of those “other sheep.” “For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.” Eze. 34: 11, 12. W. A. S.