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Fighting to Overcome

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 2, 1858

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 13, No. 2.

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Fighting to Overcome

By M. Hull

From Bro. Hull.

DEAR BRETHREN: I want to stand with the remnant on mount Zion; but I see that I must fight if I would reign. It is only he that overcometh that "shall inherit all things," "sit with Christ on his throne," have power over the nations," not be hurt of the second death, &c. All the blessed promises of the Bible are to those who fight, and overcome.
We are living in the time when the dragon is wroth with the woman, and is making war with the remnant of her seed which keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus. There are two parties, and but two; and you dear reader belong to one party or the other. Are you keeping the commandments of God? or are you giving your influence to the dragon's army, who make war with the law of God and those who keep it? You have an influence, and it must fall in one scale or the other. Which way will you cast it? It is for you to decide. Will you enter through the gates into the city? If so, keep the commandments. Don't forget the words of the faithful and true Witness. Blessed are they that do his (the Father's) commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life and enter through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. Not very good compay.
To those who are fighting for a kingdom I would say, it is necessary for us to work. God has committed to us some of the most sacred truths, and shall we let our light die? May the Lord forbid. The number of beast worshipers exceeds that of the worshipers of the true God, as much as Baal's worshipers did in the days of Elijah. Not only so, but they are all busy; there is not one drone in all of Satan's hives; not one who cannot lift his voice in behalf of the cause he is maintaining; and yet I presume many of us are not doing all we can to counteract the influence of opposite parties.
O brethren, why not awake, and come up to the help of the Lord against the mighty. May God make the path of duty plain, and give us no rest till we are found walking in it. The light of present truth must go out, unless we walk by it. When we refuse to walk by it, we reject its influence, and when we reject it, it will be withdrawn from us, and we receive darkness in its stead. Let us walk by it, lest darkness come upon us. M. HULL. Russiaville, Ind., Nov. 18th, 1858.