p. 131 | AN ADMONITION by Mrs. Wm. H. Brown

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 25, 1877

AN ADMONITION.

By Mrs. Wm. H. Brown

Many times since my return from our annual gathering at Carthage, N. Y., have I been deeply impressed with one remark made by sister White. It was that not more than one-tenth of those present at that meeting had any connection with God and Heaven. Awful and solemn thought! Professing to be God’s children, but denying the power of godliness! My dear brethren and sisters, I felt to examine myself in the light of this admonition, and to determine whether I was classed with the nine-tenths, or the one-tenth. I most earnestly desire to be found with the latter, and by God’s grace assisting me, I am resolved that I will.

We are assured in the word of God that if we perform faithfully all on our part, the Lord will on his. If we would gain the approbation of Heaven, we must be obedient, living, active workers in the cause of truth. A mere profession in the day of Judgment will avail us nothing; far better for us had we never made any. It becomes us to examine ourselves, and see whether we are in the faith, to prove our own selves. God forbid that any of us should be deceived. The day is coming when “every man’s work shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.”

I feel for one very desirous of performing my work in such a manner that it shall stand the test of the Judgment. That day is fast approaching, and may the Lord help us all to realize its solemnity and importance. Oh that we could feel the responsibility under which we are placed! When God caused this great truth to be brought to our knowledge, he made us debtors to those within our reach and influence, to make known to them what he had given to us; and it can be accomplished only by faithful, self-sacrificing labor. Let us set ourselves to the work in earnest, and go no more back, but bear in mind the solemn vow we made in the congregation of the people before the Lord, that we would draw near “to him, and seek him until we found him.” Daily, yes, hourly, am I reminded of this promise, and I pray earnestly that the Lord will aid me to make a full surrender, and not feel satisfied with anything short of an entire consecration. The following words express the language of my heart:—

“Quick as the apple of an eye, O God, my conscience make; Awake my soul when sin is nigh And keep it still awake.”

MRS. WM. H. BROWN.

Jefferson Co., N. Y.