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Kept by Divine Power

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 5, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 49.

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Kept by Divine Power

By George O. States

GEO. O. STATES
"Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved."
THIS third angel's message is going to accomplish its work and gather out a people that "are without fault before the throne of God."
Evil influences are also at work. Never in the history of this world were the lodges so in earnest in gathering in members. Satan is awake and active in this particular department of his campaign. There is a greater variety of lodges from which people can choose than ever before. Men of ability are employed to travel from place to place and organize lodges. Through the newspapers these men advertise public meetings, and make their lodges so enticing that nothing but a living connection with the Lord will keep men and women from being drawn into these nets. Special terms are offered to those who will come in as charter members. Then after the organization is completed, a public dance and card party is advertised, to which every one who wishes to have a good time is invited.
I do not wonder that those "not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God," are led into these things; but those who "have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come," certainly will have no time nor desire for such things. "We are living in a time of special peril to the youth. Satan knows that the end of the world is soon to come, and he is determined to improve every opportunity for pressing young men and women into his service. He will devise many specious deceptions to lead them astray." "We are living amid the perils of the last days. Something decisive must be said to warn our people against the danger of permitting children who need parental care and instruction, to leave their homes to go to places where they will be brought in contact with pleasure-loving, irreligious worldlings."
Cedaredge, Colo.