THE POWER OF THE TRUTH.
By D. A. Robinson
There is that in present truth which will bind hearts together; and if we find ourselves becoming alienated from the people and work of God, we may rest assured there is some trouble in our own hearts, and a necessity for repentance and deep humiliation of soul on our part. The work we are engaged in is either the work of God or it is not. If it is not, the sooner we give up the whole thing the better; but if it is, let us accept it as such, fully identifying ourselves with it, and by so doing share its final triumph. Some remind us of the man going West on the through train. The train was delayed at a certain point, and he concluded that through trains were a humbug, and he would be independent, and so go on his own hook; but lo! the train soon passed him, and he was left in the rear. Brethren, there is only one through train on this line. We may get up independent trains in our haste to have things move according to our ideas; but they will not bring us in on time. The men of Noah's time might have built an ark right beside Noah's; but it would have wrecked in the waters of the flood, because there was refuge alone in the ark—the one God143ordered built. The especial work of God for this time is the third angel's message; and if we go through, it will be because we have this work all through us, and we are sound in the work of God.