Testimony No. 23 and a Confession of Laodicean Lukewarmness
By A. Rasmussen
I have read Testimony No. 23 with care and great interest, and upon thorough self-examination find that I am poor, lukewarm, blind, and naked. I confess myself to be a poor Laodicean. I believe God has spoken again to his people in this important and solemn time, and it becomes all who profess to believe in the gift of prophecy, to profit thereby. My prayer is that I may lay its instructions to heart. By the help of God I am determined to cultivate humility, to die wholly to self and sin. I desire to come up to the work of God; to be in harmony with his truth and people. I want to share with my brethren in the trials by the way, as well as in the blessings. I wish to come up to the true figures on S. B. Brethren, I desire your prayers and counsel. May God bless the third angel’s message. May he bless our leaders, and give all confidence in those who have borne the burdens in the heat of the day, and with the help of the Lord have carried this work forward successfully till it has become a great work indeed. A. Rasmussen.