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What Think Ye?

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 23, 1877

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 50, No. 9.

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What Think Ye?

By Charles P. Whitford

The word of God being reliable, the time must come when the first, the second, and the third angels’ messages of Rev. 14: 9-12 will be proclaimed. It is not possible for the time to come, and the messages not be given. And as God always guards his prophecies from having a false fulfillment, we may reason that when the messages are heard, they will be genuine. They will be the fulfillment of his word at the right time and in the right manner.
When any special truth needs to be brought before the world, God always provides the right persons to preach it. There was a special message for the antediluvians, and he raised up Noah to give it; and John the Baptist was called to go before the Messiah and herald his coming. Moses had a special work to do, and a warning message was entrusted to Jonah.
Coming down to our own time, we find that the events foretold by our Saviour as signs of his second coming, and of the end of the world have transpired or are transpiring. The signs of the times admonish us that “the end of all things is at hand.” But now, at the right time, in addition to the “signs” come the promised Judgment messages. In the providence of God, Wm. Miller was led to proclaim the first message, “The hour of his Judgment is come;” then the second, “Babylon is fallen,” was announced; and now the third message is stirring the hearts and minds of people in all parts of the world. It says, “Here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” It says, “Cease to acknowledge the authority of earthly powers, but acknowledge God; worship him; obey him.” And, thank God, thousands are heeding the solemn warning.
Soon the work will be done. Soon the Judgment will sit, and the books be opened. Soon we must all pass the solemn, searching test. Oh! how does it stand with us to-day? What record will the angels bear to Heaven? Shall we be willing to meet it when “every work will be brought into judgment, with every secret thing”? May the Lord help us, and may we engage heartily in the service of our Master.
Charles P. Whitford.