THE THIRD ANGEL'S MESSAGE.
By James White
IN THE REVIEW, Nos. 14 and 15, we have endeavored to show that the Message of the Third Angel is the last call of mercy to man, that it ripens the harvest of the earth, and that it is now being given. This position will appear plain to those who carefully examine the chain of Prophecy of Rev. xiv, in connection with parallel scriptures. How solemn the position of those who espouse this Message! How responsible! And with what carefulness should they seek to learn their duty before God, and with cheerfulness labor in his cause, in view of their soon expected rest, and the eternal weight of glory. The warning must be given. This last, testing Message must go forth, and the nominal churches and the world must be tested by it. And certainly, believers in the Message must be the honored instruments in this great work. Our opponents will not proclaim the Message. Our enemies will not help forward this work. They will do what they can to hinder it. It must be proclaimed by men of God who have the Message in their hearts, and who love to preach unpopular truth for the truth's sake, and because they feel the "woe" upon them. It must be sent forth to the world by publications and the living preacher, with the means in the hands of those who profess the Message. The great truths of the Message have been brought133out, and are at our command. God is moving with the Message, and the people in new fields will come out to hear it, notwithstanding the most vigilant opposition of the ministry. A brother writes from the Michigan tent, that in one place where considerable labor has been spent this season, thirty-one have been immersed, and about as many more have embraced the Lord's Sabbath in that place, and that the way is open for tent-meetings almost anywhere. The time has come. O, ye servants of the mighty God of Jacob, the time has come to sound the alarm in earnest, to give the trumpet the certain sound. O church of Christ, professing the last Message! Arouse ye, and arise and put the armor on. Let your supplications and strong cries reach the throne for the Spirit of God to be poured out upon you, and upon the Messengers, and that the gospel seed sown may be abundantly watered. And with means in your hands send the Message forth, lest the blood of souls be found on your garments. The time has come, not to build meeting-houses, and hold the messengers on ground where the harvest seems nearly ripe for the final reaping of the Son of man; but to go forth in the wide field and labor where work can be done. This is not the time to huddle together for the sake of the society of believing friends, or to get beneath some gourd in the great West. Such may find a worm at the root. But the time has come to sacrifice and work for God. The West appears to be the field of most successful labor. How important, then, that those in the West who have the Message in them, and those who move to the West, should consecrate themselves to the work of God, instead of burying themselves up in the cares of this life. O Lord, arouse thy people. "Immersed in sloth and folly,
Thy servants, Lord, we see;
And few of us stand ready
With joy to welcome thee.
O wake thy slumbering people;
Send forth the solemn cry,
Let all thy saints repeat it,
The Saviour draweth nigh!
May all our lamps be burning,
Our loins well girded be,
Each longing heart preparing
With joy thy face to see."
J. W.