A Memorial by H. A. St. John

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 2, 1871

A Memorial.

By H. A. St. John

The angel of the Lord once appeared to a devout man, Cornelius by name, and addressed him in the following language: “Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.” Acts 10:4. Not content with praying always, this good man gave much alms to the people. This memorial that came up before God, constituted the basis of the great blessing afterward received by him and all his household. This blessing was the gift of the Holy Ghost. “While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.” Verse 44.

Brother, sister, you are expecting the “gift of the Holy Ghost,” the “latter rain,” the “refreshing from on high.” Are you sending up a memorial of prayers and alms deeds? If not, may you not be sadly disappointed? We have need to pray more. Excellent opportunities are before us to lay up treasures in Heaven, by using our means in the cause of God. The time for us to work is rapidly closing up. When shall we awake to the importance, solemnity, and sacredness, of the third angel’s message? Oh! let our prayers and alms go up before God as a memorial. Then shall we be remembered by Heaven, in the day of deep distress. H. A. St. John.

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