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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 17, 1858

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 12, No. 5.

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Go.—“I hope,” says Mr. McKnill, of St. Petersburg, in a letter, “the subject of devoting ourselves and our children to God and to his service will be more thought of, and more acted upon, than it has been hitherto. I am more and more convinced, that if St. Paul had ever preached from, ‘Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel,’ he would have laid great stress on the word ‘go.’ On your peril do not substitute another word for ‘go.’ ‘Preach,’ is a good word. ‘Direct,’ is a good word. ‘Collect,’ is a good word. ‘Give,’ is a good word. They are all important in their places, and cannot be dispensed with. The Lord bless and prosper those who are so engaged; but still lay stress on the word ‘go;’ for ‘how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach except they be sent?’ Six hundred millions of the human race are perishing; and there are perhaps thirty among all the Christians in Britain, who are at this moment preparing to ‘go.’ Alas! my hand shakes, and my heart trembles. ‘Is this thy kindness to thy friend?’”