p. 90 | J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH by John Norton Loughborough

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 6, 1870

J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH

By John Norton Loughborough

Testimony No. 19.

I have just received, and carefully and prayerfully read, Testimony to the Church, No. 19, and resolved, by the assisting grace of God to so apply its instructions in my walk and life, as a minister of these sacred truths, that I may be approved of God as faithful in the work, and that my “profiting may appear unto all.” I have done the work of the Lord too negligently. I resolve to have a higher sense of this solemn, this sacred, work. I hope all, preachers and brethren and sisters, will immediately obtain and read Testimony No. 19.

Let us all, who minister in the word, resolve that we will come up earnestly and energetically to fulfill on our part the duties assigned us. Let the church resolve on their part to help the ministers, by praying for them, by trying themselves not to walk carelessly, so that so much of the ministers’ time shall be demanded to help them. Then again, do not be offended if the minister applies himself to his books, and does not spend useless hours in simply chatting of earth’s cares. Let the preacher talk, while he does talk to you, of the soul’s highest interest, and you on your part endeavor to carry out the earnest instructions you may receive. If we all realize the force of the testimonies in No. 19, and carry them out, we may make progress in the work.

I presume many ministers can see something of their image in the picture Bro Canright draws in REVIEW No. 8; but let us so apply our hearts unto wisdom that we may “live not unto ourselves, but unto God,” as is enjoined upon us in No. 19.