Go Teach All Nations by C. W. Hardesty

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Nov 26, 1903

Go Teach All Nations

By C. W. Hardesty

C. W. HARDESTY

WHEN we accept Christ, we become sons and daughters of God; and as soon as we become members of that great family, all the promised blessings are ours. They are to be possessed by all the children.

Christ imparts both spiritual and physical life, and exhorts his children to go forth and impart the gospel truths to dying souls, thus setting at liberty the captives of Satan. The Father uses finite men as channels for his working to manifest to the world his holiness, meekness, and mercy. To all who love the truths of God is given the commission: “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people. . . . Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. . . . O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!” Isaiah 40.

Thus the Lord entreats his children to labor zealously to bring souls weighted down with sorrow, sin, and disease to his rest. “He can not be satisfied until the human race are reclaimed, and re-instated in their holy privileges as his sons and daughters.” Let us heed the entreaty to awake from our lethargy, shake off listlessness and indifference, and join in the work of the hour. Let us join in a united effort to scatter the seed. May every church and every member of every church join in the effort to bring the all-important truths directly to the attention of all those in darkness, thus finishing the work. When the Lord himself gives the plans for labor, and goes before his servants, shall we not heed the command to move forward? “He shall feed his flock like a shepherd.” “I am with you alway.”