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WE ARE SO SCATTERED

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 2, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 54, No. 15.

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“WE ARE SO SCATTERED.”

By Nellie A. Porter

We often hear these words from our brethren and sisters when anything is said about the T. and M. work, “We are so scattered that we can do but little.” But if we are scattered, do we not have a wider field in which to work? We can visit our neighbors and friends, and get them interested in the truth; and perhaps they may receive it, and unite their efforts with ours in winning precious souls to Christ.
The Saviour has said, “Ye are the salt of the earth.” We know that salt is of a preserving nature, and must be scattered throughout whatever it is intended to preserve. “But if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted?” If we lose our zeal in the cause of God, and are content merely with the theory of the truth without the power, we shall be like the worthless salt, fit only to be cast out and rejected at last.
None of us are too weak to do something in this work. Simply the giving of a paper or a tract may be the means of accomplishing good. We should be deeply in earnest, and seek God for heavenly wisdom. “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.” “He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” These words are sufficient to encourage any who have the love of the truth in their hearts, and an interest for perishing souls around us. Jesus is waiting for us to finish our work, that he may come and take us to himself. Oh, let us be faithful in serving him, that we may at last be received into the home prepared for us from the foundation of the world.
NELLIE A. PORTER.