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The Gold

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 12, 1857

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 9, No. 19.

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The Gold.

By A. Woodruff

Bro. Smith: It appears to me that the gold which the faithful and true Witness counsels us to buy of him, is faith in the coming of the Just One. When we get a sufficiency of this faith, it will cause a speedy death to, and separation from this world; a death to sin and self. It will lead us to cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God; to an entire consecration of all to God.
If this faith (in the coming of the Just One) is strong and abiding, we shall give diligence to make our calling and election sure. It will lead us to be followers of God as dear children, and to purify our souls by obeying the truth, and living by every word of God; showing our faith by our works, or by works make our faith perfect.
When this is done, in deed and in truth, we shall be in possession of the white raiment, and shall be clothed, or covered, and the shame of our nakedness will not appear.
To obtain this treasure we shall have to sell all that we have and buy it. It will take all to buy the field. O how fraught with interest is the present moment! The last counsel of the faithful and true Witness is being given to the just people. If they disregard it, they will be spued out of his mouth. If they heed the admonition, they will be zealous and repent, (reform,) and buy gold, &c. If the enemy can lull us to sleep now, he will make sure his prey. Until one is made sensible that he is wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked, (and if not now, when? until too late,) he will not be likely to make any great effort to better his condition. But when one is made sensible of his perilous condition, and sees that he is wretched, and poor, and miserable, and blind, and naked, and that the last opportunity is proffered him that he possibly can have to ensure his calling and election, he will awake, and arouse, and put forth all his energies, and escape for life, from the calamity that threatens his destruction.
The counsel of the faithful and true Witness will be heeded by the called, and chosen, and faithful of the remnant, and they will be zealous and repent, &c. But I fear greatly that there are many that will not be apprized of their real condition, and fully awake, until the harvest is past, and Summer ended, and they find themselves without a wedding garment, with no opportunity to get one. Shall I be found among the saved or lost? My soul, this is a question of vital importance to thee. Spare thy people, O Lord!
The remnant in this region are striving to heed the call to the faithful and true Witness. A. WOODRUFF. Palermo, Oswego Co., N. Y., Feb. 24th, 1857.