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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 20, 1876

FromThe Review and Herald, Review and Herald, Vol. 47, No. 16.

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WALK IN THE LIGHT.

By Mary L. Brown

[The following article was written for “The Gleaner,” and read before our Tract and Missionary Society at Adams Center, N. Y. Mary L. Brown.]
“Walk in the light, so shalt thou know That fellowship of love, His Spirit only can bestow, Who reigns in light above.”
God calls upon us as his followers to walk in the light. As he is the light of the world, so are we the children of light if we walk in his footsteps; but if we follow not him, we become the children of darkness. And again, if “we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” Oh, the unspeakable privilege of being cleansed from all sin! This preparation of heart will only be attained unto by overcoming everything unholy, impure, and wrong, in the sight of God; and we are able to do this by keeping the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. Shall not the thought of standing without fault before the throne of God inspire us cheerfully to suffer and toil in the work of overcoming? Is it not sufficient to make up for all our tears and trials? Let us remember, “He that overcometh shall inherit all things.”
When we walk in the light and are keeping God’s commandments, we do not feel like standing still and doing nothing, but we have a desire to move forward, and feel we must make advancement in the work of the third angel’s message; and the more we work the more of the Spirit of God do we feel in our hearts. Each of us has some work to do. We cannot, as followers of Christ, remain with our hands folded and have the favor of God. The Tract and Missionary Society opens before all a means of doing good. The highest in rank may be approached (and perhaps with less offense than by any other method) by sending them a few tracts. The Holy Spirit can go with and bless the smallest effort for souls, and has often used the feeblest instruments for bringing about the most glorious results. May we all feel the worth of souls, and realize the shortness of time, each feeling anxious to do something that may benefit others and glorify God; then his blessing will surely follow; and if faithful unto the end, beauty and bliss untold and unending, shall be ours.