p. 2 | Personal Work by A. L. Hollenbeck

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 9, 1900

Personal Work.

By A. L. Hollenbeck

A. L. Hollenbeck.

The Lord says to us, “Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.” Luke 14:23. Much is comprehended in this command. There is a great work to be accomplished by personal labor. The Bible is to be read to those who will hear it. The Lord calls upon his people to go forth and teach the truth in families. Those who engage in this personal work, drawing close to the people with earnest prayer, are co-operating with God, and he will clothe them with spiritual power. Those who do not engage in some way in this personal work for souls, are not keeping pace with the message, and can not be intrusted with the power that is in the message.

Remember, brethren, the Holy Spirit is given only for service. He who opens the Scriptures to others will surely receive the promised blessing. Those who make the necessary effort to do something for the salvation of perishing souls, will receive the power that will enable them to exert a drawing influence for Christ. When we begin to work earnestly for souls, then, and not till then, shall we receive the “latter rain.”