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Walk in the Light

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 11, 1875

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 45, No. 11.

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Walk in the Light.

By Roswell F. Cottrell

WE are in the last days. God has forewarned us that these days should be perilous. He has given us light, that we may be able to escape the perils. We thank God for the light of truth. But light unheeded only brings condemnation. “This is the condemnation that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.”
We have light which calls for reform. Great troubles are before us, and these reforms are the very things that are to prepare us to stand amid the perils and escape those things that shall come to pass. Plagues are coming—“death and mourning and famine.” When the small-pox is near, the wise will use a plain and simple diet, that they may be prepared for it. We shall want the very best condition of body and mind to prepare us for the evils before us. And God has given us the very light which we need.
Do you say that the approved will be kept by the power of God in that day? So they will; but God chooses to work by means; and when he has given light, how can those who will not walk in it expect to be approved of him? This is the condemnation. Those who walk in his counsel will be approved of him and kept by his power.
To get the control of appetite will aid in subduing evil passions. It will enable one to exercise patience. Add to your temperance patience. Without the temperance the patience cannot be added to it.
It is the will of God that we should be prepared to do the greatest amount of good in the world possible. This we cannot do unless we walk in the light given. Shall we walk in darkness, neglecting the light, and finally perish? How unwise to do so! Let us realize our responsibility as children of the light. R. F. COTTRELL.