A Work for All to Do by J. E. Grems

Publishing Committee · Rochester, N. Y. · Aug 22, 1854

A Work for All to Do.

By J. E. Grems

WHO has not a work to do? Is there a person who can say, in these perilous times, these last days, I have naught to do? any who can say there is nothing for them to do, because they are not gifted to go forth and preach. We hope there are none who can calmly sit down in these days and think they have not a work to perform: but if there are any, to such we would say, Discharge such thoughts from your minds, and harbor them not in your hearts; for there is a work for all to do: all may be employed in the great work of acquainting the world with the third angel's message, and thereby be the instruments in the hand of God, of saving some souls from death. We have not all the same gift, but all have a talent to improve upon, and we must be up and doing, working "while it is called to-day; for soon the night cometh wherein no man can work." Have you no friends who know not the truth? can you not show them the light, and urge them to walk in it? Tell them that the third angel's message is the last call of mercy to a fallen world; that soon it will cease and there will then be no hope for the poor sinner who has rejected the offers of salvation, which were held out to the inhabitants of the earth; but they will be exposed to the wrath of a just Judge with no cloak to cover them: for they would not accept salvation when it was to be had without money and without price.

Can you not write a few words of encouragement to your brethren and sisters? You are often cheered, when sinking beneath temptations and trials, which seem almost too heavy to be borne, by reading the productions of their pens, and can you not say one word of comfort and encouragement in return? Let no brother or sister say they have not a work to do while so many precious souls are perishing around them for want of the truth, and a knowledge of the ways of salvation, as taught us in the Bible. Who can think upon the awful situation the world and fallen churches are in, without a shudder, and a desire to recall some of the wanderers? Perhaps you know not where to commence. "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might." Let us be busy one and all. It will not do to sit idle; for soon our Judge will appear, and we shall have to give an account of the talent entrusted to our keeping. We have no time to lose, but must be at work.

We must not sleep as do others; for God has entrusted a precious charge to the keeping of his children. May we see to it that nothing is lost.

J. E. GREMS. Hebron, Jeff. Co., Wis., Aug. 4th, 1854.