p. 199 | Hear his Voice

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 6, 1858

"Hear his Voice"

The words which Jesus spoke in person while he was on earth, he now speaks by his Spirit; and he addresses them unto all men, saying, "Repent ye, and believe the gospel." And the voice of the Saviour is a voice to which you ought to give earnest attention. Every consideration of duty and of gratitude and of love should persuade you to hearken to his invitation, and not to harden your hearts. Let every other voice be silent while Jesus speaks. Be dumb, ye voices of pleasure, and of business, and of ambition, and let the voice of God be heard. Yea, be even hushed, ye voices of our family and of our country, and give place to the voice of the Eternal. We would hear what God the Lord will speak. "Repent ye, and believe the gospel." Listen to that voice, while its sound is the sound of mercy and peace. Give heed to it, while it is the voice of reconciliation and of offered pardon. Oh, wait not till its silvery tones are changed to the harsh accents of justice, indignation, and wrath:

"Now God invites: how blest the day, How sweet the gospel's charming sound. Come, sinners, haste, Oh haste away, While yet a pardoning God is found."