MR. SEL. IN THE FIELD AGAIN.
By F. Gould
INASMUCH as there are sentiments which we hold in common with some of almost every denomination, there are occasionally to be found stirring and well-written selections involving no disputed points, and which we can all freely endorse. To a limited amount of choice selections of this kind, enough to fill some "small corner," there could perhaps be no objection. Still our paper ought to be, with but slight, if any, exception, an original paper; for selections are not likely to be found treating upon those points which are of most peculiar interest to us as commandment-keeping Adventists under the last message of mercy. We should therefore be glad if we had no occasion for selections of any kind, and hence can second, in the main, the appeal of the following article.—Ed. I have noticed of late that Mr. Sel. has occupied a conspicuous place in the Review. Now I have nothing against Mr. Sel. as a strictly moral man and a good citizen; and I believe he is trying to do much good in the world; but it is evident that as a general thing his standard of piety and knowledge of present truth falls far short of the Bible standard. Brethren and sisters, my appeal is to you. Shall we suffer Mr. Sel. and his constituents to occupy from one to three pages of the Review? There seems to be a lack somewhere; and upon whom does it rest? We cannot believe it rests upon Bro. Smith; for his task is a laborious one; and we cannot expect him to perform all the labor assigned him in the Office, and then be obliged to fill the columns of the Review with editorial matter. Our corresponding editors, are men whom God has called out into the field to labor in word and doctrine; hence they cannot devote so much of their time to this object as they could perhaps, under other circumstances. Where then, I ask again, shall we look for the obviation of this wrong? I answer, to the remnant church. We believe the Review to be the organ of the remnant, and that the Office is the property of the church, and that we should co-operate together temporally, intellectually and spiritually, in carrying forward the last crowning truth the world will ever hear. We are to bear one another's burdens in this respect and so fulfill the law of Christ. We profess to be a law-abiding people. The times in which we live call for the united efforts of every lover of present truth to cast in his mite for the advancement of this glorious cause. Brethren and sisters, may we be stirred up to diligence and duty. I know of some within the circle of my acquaintance who profess the third message, of sound minds and giant intellects who do little or nothing in this department of the work. May the Lord stir up the five talents, break up the great deep of their hearts, and may they throw their whole being into the scale of present truth. And we of the one talent, should not neglect our duty. God requires his own with usury. May the Lord help us each to exercise the gift that is within us, so that the Review may be, for the future, as it has been in the past, a means of giving meat in due season to the household of faith. By this means Mr. Sel. would be obliged to retreat into a small corner of the Review or compelled to leave the ground. Says Jesus, "Feed my sheep."