A Serious Lack by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 15, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 39.

A Serious Lack.

By Editor

IN Sister White's "Notes of Travel," in the Review of Oct. 6, is the following paragraph:—

"Salvation was brought to us at great self-denial and infinite cost by the Son of God. Some have followed his example, and have not let farms, or pleasant homes, or even loved ones, stand in their way. They have left all for Christ. But I am grieved and astonished that there are so few that have the real missionary spirit at this time. The end so near, the warning of a soon-coming Judgment yet to be given to all nations, tongues, and people, yet where are the men who are willing to make any and every sacrifice to get the truth before the world? Some who do go forth as missionaries are so grieved to leave the things they love that they keep in a state of sorrow and depression, and one-half of their usefulness is destroyed. They are not called to go among heathen or savages, to suffer for food or clothing, nor are they deprived of even the conveniences of life; and yet they look upon themselves as martyrs. They are not bold soldiers of the cross of Christ. They do not give him willing service."

"The end so near, the warning of a soon-coming Judgment yet to be given to all nations, tongues, and people," and so many professed workers literally "at ease in Zion." Many who profess to be called of God to proclaim this awful message seem to carry no burden of souls. They are in no haste; they act as if the millennium will come before the advent. If we have the truth, such souls are making a serious mistake. "Lord, wake thy slumbering people."