p. 152 | Effective Workers

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 6, 1875

Effective Workers.

At the closing exercises of the Brooklyn Tabernacle Lay College, April 21, 1875, Dr. Talmage, in his closing remarks, said:—

“My last word is to the lay preachers. You got your call to preach when you were converted. There is no other man in the human race that can do your work. Do not be anxious about your field of work. Be ready to do anything, and do it anywhere. Be willing to command a regiment, or swab a gun, or fill a canteen. Care not for what the world says, unless it begins to praise. Then, beware. There is no work for a coward. Preach a robust gospel, not pap sweetened with molasses. Don’t be afraid of hard work. Don’t be afraid of opposition. I never feel happy unless I keep the devil stirred up a little. Above all, keep your heart full of Christ. The clumsiest thing on earth is a cold Christian trying to warm others. Care chiefly for the harvest and not for the denominational field in which it grows. That is a poor farm which raises nothing but fences. There may be rough times ahead, but Jesus died for you. Would you be afraid to die for him? We shall all meet in the land where there will be no parting.”