p. 76 | The Call for Laborers by C. O. Taylor

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 20, 1872

The Call for Laborers.

By C. O. Taylor

The appointment for a season of fasting and prayer, that the Lord would raise up laborers was certainly timely and called for. While the majority Gallio-like, care for none of these things, it is not so with all. There are a few in nearly every community who want to hear. They see many strange things in this age of the world, and are pleased to know what the word of the Lord says about them.

There are a few in all the churches that are asking “Watchman, what of the night?” There are those that never made a public profession of religion, men and women of good judgment, not bound by bigotry, or sectarian cords, who see so much wrong in that direction, that they never will join such associations; and they are anxious to know the “times and seasons.”

The people begin to know us better. When they come to hear our position, and see that we read it from the Bible, they become interested to read for themselves.

While all do not embrace it at once, they do not reject or decide against it. There is hope in their cases, that they will yet obey. Others seem to be past feeling, given up to their own ways. They will have their idols, and bow to them, if the angel of death stood to cut them down for the first transgression. Such can never be helped. They will not be. They will listen to no argument. They will not accept of the word of God, unless they can put their meaning to it. Nevertheless, our work is on and before us.

C. O. TAYLOR.