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The Demands of this Hour

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 9, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 36.

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The Demands of this Hour

By F. M. W.

THIS is the hour of responsibility. There is a world to be warned. To every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people this message is to go, and upon us rests the burden of promulgating it. A solemn and terrible responsibility truly! It is also the hour of great privilege and glorious opportunity. Every soul may have a part in the work. Every energy may be enlisted, and every talent find fullest exercise. This is no time for bickering and faultfinding, for carping criticism and evil-speaking. Murmurers and faultfinders are never found among the advance guard in any enterprise. In this movement they have lost the spirit of the message, and need to have the work of grace renewed in their hearts. God now calls for every man to stand in his proper place. He calls for every man to do his best, faithfully, loyally, and devotedly.
The true-hearted will rise to meet the increasing demands upon their loyalty. They will toil and sacrifice for a cause which to them is dearer than life. They will not swerve nor fall back. They have counted the cost, and have decided to cast in their lot with this message and this people, and to witness the glorious finishing of this work. Upon these true and tried ones God will pour out his Spirit in the time of visitation. They will not have long to wait to see God's mighty workings. Already they witness that for which they have toiled, and hoped, and prayed,—the message going by leaps and bounds. Soon will they behold the grand consummation, and join in the shout of final victory. And when that time comes, they will realize, as they can not now fully understand, that it has paid to serve God, and to stand stiffly for his truth. They will realize that their labors and sacrifices and struggles have not been in vain, but that through God's grace they have been permitted to have a humble part in one of the greatest and grandest movements which this world ever saw; and that through their allegiance to the principles constituting this message, they have shared in its experiences here, and may joy and rejoice in its triumphs throughout eternity.
F. M. W.