Ambassadors of God: Spiritual Consecration and Renewal
By Editor
The paper from sister White, on our first page, was one of those read at our late General Conference, and which by vote she was requested to furnish for publication in the REVIEW. The subject is one of vital importance to our spiritual prosperity. Read the article, and heed it. An impressive discourse was given by Bro. White, last Sabbath, the 26th, to the church in Battle Creek. His subject was, “The Christian as the Ambassador of God,” from the text in 2 Cor. 5:20. The importance and dignity of the office of an ambassador were forcibly presented. In the course of his remarks he was led to speak of the wonderful manifestations of the power of God which have been witnessed in the past history of this cause; and to earnestly exhort his hearers to seek again that state of consecration in which the blessing of God can more largely rest upon them. And we must be not only as far advanced in spiritual things, as we have been in the past, but much further, to fulfill the mission intrusted to us. Nothing will answer in place of this. To thus return to the Lord is our next and first duty. A synopsis of the discourse will be found in another column. The consistency, harmony, clearness, and beauty of the present truth is a constant source of joy and gratitude to those who have received it. When a person has examined these subjects so far as to get a clear understanding of the evidences which sustain the views advocated by S. D. Adventists, the Bible becomes a book clothed with new beauty, new light is thrown upon the prophecies, dark passages are made clear, difficult texts explained, and the unity of God’s plans and work in the fulfillment of his word are seen in a light never realized before. A brother from Oregon who bore a stirring testimony in our meeting last Sabbath, declared that he had felt like leaping for joy at every step since he received the light of present truth ten years ago, when he looked at the harmony it secured in the word of God, and at its consistency and beauty. Let us remember that, though there are so many already rejoicing in the light, there are other thousands waiting for it, and let us not slacken our hands in extending its rays around the world.