Do It Now by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Oct 13, 1904

Do It Now

By Editor

Editorial

Do It Now

THIS is an approved motto for a business man. It is a good motto for the Christian. Perhaps you have been brought face to face with some duty, but you have hesitated to perform it. Do it now. This neglected duty may have been the observance of the true Sabbath of the Lord, the seventh day, and you may be waiting for more favorable circumstances. Do it now. This neglected duty may have been the payment of an honest tithe, and you may be hoping that it will be easier to attend to this when your income is greater. Do it now. This neglected duty may have been in the line of missionary work, and you may be waiting until you are not so busy. Do it now. It may have been something else, but whatever the neglected duty may have been, do it now. Now is the time to believe on Christ with all the heart. Now is the time to consecrate all to his service. Now is the time to take up every neglected duty. Do it now. Do it now. DO IT NOW.

Why Not?

CAN any one give a good reason to himself why he should not love the Lord with all his heart, and yield every power of his being in loyal service? What more could a loving Father do for us that our God has not done? He has withheld nothing that infinite wisdom could suggest or infinite love bestow. “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?” Why should we not give up sin and death in exchange for righteousness and life? Why should we not give up the pleasures of sin in exchange for the joy that is set before us? Why should we not give up the things that are seen, which are temporal and passing away, for the things which are unseen, which are eternal and forever abiding? It will surely be difficult to frame a satisfactory answer. The man at the wedding feast was speechless when the king inquired how he happened to be there without the wedding garment. In the day of judgment we shall be ashamed to give the reasons which we sometimes put forward as an explanation of our unfaithful service. Let us look at these things now in the light of the judgment day. O that each one would fully accept to-day the Father’s love, and let the life show forth his praises!

“The world has nothing left to give— It has no new, no pure delight: O, try the life that Christians live! Thou wouldst be saved—why not to-night?”