p. 102 | THE CAUSE IN MAINE by J. B. Goodrich

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 27, 1879

THE CAUSE IN MAINE.

By J. B. Goodrich

Since my last report, I have labored in Deering, Long Island, Crotch Island, Freeport, Richmond, Stow, and East Fryeburg, and I find that our churches stand greatly in need of help. Satan is not dead, neither is he asleep; but he is working with great power, knowing that his time is short, and we ought not to be ignorant of his devices. Above all others, S. D. Adventists ought to be a God-fearing people, and never allow evil surmisings, or jealousy, which “is cruel as the grave,” to exist among them.

I would recommend to all our brethren and sisters a prayerful study of the following scriptures, and a close application of them in daily life, as a preventive of so many church trials: “Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself; and discover not a secret to another.” Prov. 25:9. Matt. 18:15–17; Prov. 10:12; 1 Peter 4:8; 1 Cor. 13; Heb. 13:1. “The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.” Prov. 19:11.

The Lord is coming, and he will then reward every man according as his works shall be. How solemn is the thought, and how important is the work in which we are engaged. The Lord knows our hearts and understands our motives better than we do ourselves. “Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.”

The third angel’s message will soon close, and it will make a difference with us whether we go with the message or not. The Lord will have a people of one heart and one mind.

J. B. GOODRICH.