For Serious Consideration
By Alonzo O. Tait
THE time has fully arrived in the history of this message when every Seventh-day Adventist should be seriously considering what his part is in connection with the closing work of the Lord. The question of ability is an important factor; but the question of deep consecration to God's work is a still more important one. A sister in one of our conferences who would not impress any one as having any great amount of ability is selling a large number of The Signs of the Times every week. She makes a considerable portion of her support by selling the papers. She is not particularly well educated; she has only the average amount of intelligence; but she has deep devotion to this work, and believes that it is God's message for this time, and that it should be given to the world promptly. She is striving faithfully to do her part; she has made a study of the work she is doing, and is meeting with marked success. This is a brief statement of a literal fact, with no coloring matter in it whatever. It is a subject for the consideration of every one of us, every minister and every leading worker in every one of our conferences. These persons should now be studying as never before how to get each individual member of each church to actually doing something for the advancement of this work. We should encourage devotion to the cause; and we shall find among those who are devoted that astonishing results follow the labors of even those who do not seem to be blessed with any great amount of ability.