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Review and Herald, Vol. 79, No. 46.

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Review and Herald

Nov 18, 1902

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 18, 1902

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Conducted by the Department of Circulation of the Review and Herald Publishing Company.

A Practical Reference Book

A Guide to Correct Language

By the well-known author, G. H. Bell. The name of the author of this book is sufficient to guarantee its practicability. Educators all over the country pronounce Professor Bell’s treatise on the English language superior to any other published.
“This guide is intended for reference rather than for study. It should be carefully read, and might be studied with profit; but it need not be learned. It sets forth facts that everybody wants to know, and makes them so easy of access that the book becomes as convenient as a dictionary, and as indispensable. It is a treatise for business men, farmers, and mechanics, as well as for printers, teachers, and students; and will be especially useful to those who write for the press.”
A thorough treatise on practical grammar, punctuation, and the use of capitals.
Substantially bound in cloth. Size, 6 x 9¼ inches. Price, $1, postpaid.
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Easy Steps in the Bible Story

THIS is the only book we have for children that gives the story of the Bible in the order of inspiration. The stories of the Bible from creation to Sinai are given in the same order of the Bible, but told in a simple, interesting way, which impresses the children. As the child grows up and reads the same Scriptures in the Bible, the order is not disturbed, and the facts are not confused. The Biblical association of facts and subjects is of more importance than many appreciate. This is one of the features of Bell’s Series of Sabbath-school Lessons that has rendered it so successful for the past twenty years. “Easy Steps in the Bible Story” is a book on the right line, and one that lays a good foundation for a thorough, connected knowledge of the Scriptures. It is the best Bible book for children—a child’s Bible in simple form. The children themselves like it. This is its best recommendation. It ought to be in every home where there are children. Prices, 25 and 50 cts.
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Scripture References

THE object of this tract is to assist the reader in the study of the Scriptures by topics. The subjects treated in this little work are as follows: The Scriptures; The Second Advent; The Resurrection; Signs That Show Christ’s Coming Near; Inheritance of the Saints; The Millennium; The Sanctuary; The Christian’s Lawgiver; The Sabbath; The First Day of the Week; Immortality; Spiritualism; Nature of Man; The Destiny of the Wicked; Soul in the Old Testament; Spirit in the Old Testament; Spirit in the New Testament; Hell; Perpetuity of the Spiritual Gifts; The Two Covenants; Conversion; and Baptism. While it is not expected that an abridged work like this will contain all that the Scriptures teach upon these important topics, it has proved to be one of the most valuable tracts published for general circulation. It gives quite a full explanation, and cites Scripture texts in proof for all the subjects mentioned above. It is one of the best tracts to mail to friends or to send out in missionary work.
Price in each language, 2 cents.
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The Best Bible Translation

The Revised Standard American Edition

IT is quite generally conceded that the Revised American Standard Edition is the best translation now published. The following quotations express the general opinion of all those who have examined this translation:—
“By remarkably unanimous consent America now possesses the most excellent translation of the Holy Scriptures ever published in the English tongue. There has been neither party nor faction discernible in the welcome paid by Biblical scholarship to the American revision of the Bible.”—The Interior.
“There can be no doubt that in this version we are nearer the thought, and therefore the spirit, of the Master than in any other version now existing in English.”—Northwestern Christian Advocate.

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Bourgeois, 8vo (size, 8 x 5¼) with 12 maps and index.
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No. 173. Egyptian seal, divinity circuit, leather lined to edge, round corners, red under gold edges, $2.75.
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Healthful Living

THIS Office has no more copies of “Healthful Living.” The Good Health Publishing Co. also has no more in stock. The book that practically covers the same ground as “Healthful Living” is—

Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene

This book is a much larger book than “Healthful Living,” and contains many things not found in that volume. We have a limited number of this book in stock, and will fill orders as long as they last, for $1.35 or $1.60, postpaid.
“Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene” is in two parts, nicely bound in one volume of 268 pages, 6 x 9 inches, written by Mrs. E. G. White and Elder James White.
As early as 1860 Mrs. White began writing a series of articles on the subject of health, and these commanded such earnest consideration that thousands changed their entire way of living, and their constant demand led to the publication of these articles in book form. “Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene” is, therefore, a compilation of the early writings of Mrs. White on the subject of health and temperance. The purpose of this volume was to gather, in condensed form, writings which were scattered through various volumes, and some that had never before appeared in print, so that the writings of Mrs. White upon this subject might reach as large a number as possible.
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The Scriptural Foundations of Science

LAST week we told you that we had only about 500 copies of “Scriptural Foundations of Science” still on hand. The book has not yet been out a year, and has met with a hearty reception by those who have read it, not only from our own people, but from leading men of other denominations. It is an excellent book to loan to ministers of other denominations. It is a good entering wedge to use with the educated classes. If you read it, it will widen your own ideas. It is unlike any other book on science and the Bible. This first edition will soon be all sold. If you want a copy, order at once.
One of our workers in Brazil has written the author a personal letter from which we make the following extract:—
“After reading your good book, ‘Scriptural Foundations,’ I must write to you a few lines. I cannot express in words how thankful I am to the Lord and to you for the many blessings I have received by reading it. The Lord has given you great light. . . . Your book has brought me nearer to God merely in reading it. Now I am studying it or the truths it contains in our schools. My students enjoy it very much. For years I have hungered and thirsted for just such knowledge as is in your book. I am glad that I can get it.”
Here is another statement regarding the book, from a Methodist minister of Illinois:—
“To all who desire to see the harmony of the Bible and science, I recommend Dr. L. A. Reed’s book, ‘The Scriptural Foundations of Science.’ The argument is unanswerable. Every one may see that the conflicts of science and religion are only apparent, and that in reality the Bible and science are twin sisters. “REV. JOSEPH WINTERBOTTOM, B. A.”
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Bell’s Series of Bible Lessons For Sabbath Schools

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The lessons are “progressive,” not only from their progression in the order of events, but from the fact that they are graded to correspond with the usual growth and advancement of the pupils intellectually as the study proceeds.

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Volume 1, 15 cts.; Volumes 2, 7, and 8, 20 cts.; Volumes 3, 4, 5, and 6, 25 cts. The entire set, $1.75.
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The Keynote

By Editor

Editorial

The Keynote

We have no hesitancy in saying that the keynote of this message must be, “The coming of the Lord draweth nigh.” And it is time that the keynote should sound with positiveness and strength. Let this cry ring out through all the lands. Let the evidences of the second advent of our Lord as an imminent event be clearly presented. Let the prophecies be studied with a fresh interest, and with the expectation that a new light will shine forth from them; and with a mighty faith in the fulfillment of God’s word let the messengers declare to the people, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” The Spirit of God will witness to his truth, and we shall hear the multitude asking, “What must I do to be saved?” The call of the hour is for every one who believes that this people has been raised up to give the advent message to the world in this generation to rally with a loyal heart to do this work quickly. “The return of Christ to our world will not be long delayed. Let this be the keynote of every message.”

The Unfailing Word

The certainty of all things which we regard as certain depends upon the certainty of God’s word. The regular recurrence of days and seasons and years is the fulfillment of the promise, “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” The order in the universe of God, which is sometimes attributed to the reign of law, is the constant testimony to the faithfulness of him who cares for his own works, “upholding all things by the word of his power.” The so-called operations of nature are simply the outworking of his word. “He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly. He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.” “When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.” “He saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth; likewise to the shower of rain.” All visible things and all visible operations are the revelation to us of the working of the invisible word, and their constant message to us is, “Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.” “Hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?” And when these visible things pass away, the invisible word still remains. “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.” “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: . . . but the word of our God shall stand forever.” We can rest upon God’s word with unwavering confidence. His promises are sure. “He abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.” Then away with doubt and fear. Refuse to be worried by the artful suggestions of the enemy. Not one word of all the good promise of God has ever failed or ever will fail; and he says to every one of his children, “I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Be strong and of a good courage.”

A Great Lesson

There is a great difference between forgetting those things which are behind and pressing toward the mark of the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus, and that other experience of always being dissatisfied with our circumstances and surroundings. The one leads to a growth in grace and knowledge of the truth; the other will destroy peace of mind, and unfit for any useful service. There is a valuable lesson for us in the experience of the apostle Paul. Writing to the church at Philippi in acknowledgment of their remembrance of his needs, he said, “I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length ye have revived your thought for me; wherein ye did indeed take thought, but ye lacked opportunity. Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content.” The only trouble which can ever do us any harm is the trouble which is harbored within us. When we have peace within, we can be victorious over the most forbidding circumstances. “Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me.” We are sometimes discontented with the particular work which we are doing, and are led to question seriously whether the Lord ever called us to it; but a little honest study of the situation may reveal to us that it is the selfish thought for our own pleasure which is prompting us, rather than zeal for the glory of God. It frequently happens that the enemy works in this way to discourage us and to defeat the work of God. We should not be ignorant of his devices. We are to learn how to be the masters of circumstances. We are not to permit circumstances to rule us. Adverse circumstances, created by Satan and permitted by the Lord, may be overruled so as to deepen and broaden our Christian experience, and bring to us a solidity of character previously unknown. “Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.” “Godliness with contentment is great gain.”

Primitive Christianity

With the memory of the bodily presence of Jesus still fresh in their minds, and strong in the assurance of his continued presence with them in the power of his Spirit, the early disciples went forth to preach Christ and him crucified. Their message was a reality to them. They did not teach by precedent, as the scribes and Pharisees did, but they spoke of those things which they had seen and personally knew. The body of the individual Jesus had been taken from the world, but the same works which had been wrought through his individual body during his ministry were still being wrought through his body, the church.This is genuine Christianity. The divine Christ should be revealed to the world in his body, the church, the “habitation of God through the Spirit.” The Spirit of Christ should be found in the church. The words of Christ should be spoken in the church. The works of Christ should be done in the church. And this is not an impossible ideal. Jesus “came to the world to display the glory of God, that man might be uplifted by his restoring power. God was manifested in him that he might be manifested in them. Jesus revealed no qualities, and exercised no powers, that men may not have through faith in him. His perfect humanity is that which all his followers may possess, if they will be in subjection to God as he was.” What a blessed possibility! How few experience it! How far the church has fallen from its high privilege! But to-day there is a call to return to primitive Christianity. The message which is to prepare the way for the coming of the Lord is the message of a Saviour already come in our flesh, and who in the person of the Holy Spirit sets up his kingdom in the heart and reveals himself in the life. It is by the power of his presence that sin is conquered. It is by the power of his presence that the same mighty works are wrought through the flesh now as during his ministry of old. This is the whole secret of primitive Christianity. And this experience is not attained by the acceptance of a creed or the adoption of a resolution, but by the individual submission of the will to God and individual faith in his faithfulness to his promises. O that each member of the church would heed the invitation to buy the gold and the white raiment! O that each one would open his heart to the indwelling Christ and the experience of primitive Christianity!

Mercy in That Day

By Uriah Smith

WE cannot better show our gratitude for some men than by offering up a fervent prayer for them. Even the best of men will be made better by our prayers. Paul had thus remembered on a previous occasion the household of Onesiphorus, a special friend of his, for the care and loving kindness shown to him; and finally he engages in a hearty prayer for the good man himself, in these words: “The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day.” 2 Tim. 1:18. The reference to the Lord, and the emphasis attached to his name, make this prayer peculiarly solemn.
The day singled out as “that day,” without any qualifying adjective, refers to the very day so often mentioned in the Scriptures as the most important and decisive day we are to meet in our experience,—the day of judgment. And what better wish could any one express for a friend of his than good wishes and blessings for him in that day?
Onesiphorus had remembered Paul in the days of his calamity and peril, and so Paul begs of the Lord to make a gracious return to him, in kind, in the day of judgment. Yet the utmost he can ask for so excellent a man is that he may “find mercy.” This is the Lord’s benediction upon the merciful, in that day. Matt. 5:7. The day is not here specifically described, because it was so well-known, and was so much dwelt upon among Christians. Do we, even yet, realize what it will be to find mercy when that day really comes?
The date of the coming of that day is not set down in the calendar,—that would but excite curiosity,—and the Lord has said that he has retained the knowledge of “that day and hour” in his own power. The length of that day is not specified, though it is indicated that the day of judgment will begin prior to the thousand years of Revelation 20, and extend for a time after they terminate. At any rate, it will be long enough for the deliberate judgment of all men.
The coming of that day will be solemnly proclaimed. We shall all be aware of it during its progress. It will be ushered in with the pomp and glory of angels, and the great sound of a trumpet. “When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory.” Matt. 25:31. “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God.” 1 Thess. 4:16. So none will be ignorant of that day, and unaware of its approach.
The glory of that day is the manifestation of the glory of Jesus Christ, upon the throne of judgment. This will make it a most memorable day. The great event of that day is the last assize, the assembly of the quick and dead for their final account. Consequently the character of that day will be, on the part of all, the excitement of joy, or sorrow. It will be the day for which, in the estimation of all, all other days were made.
The personal relation we each and all sustain to that day will be of paramount interest. The revelation of the secret thoughts, words, or deeds on the part of all, for good or evil, will be most astounding. The decisions of that day will be just and indisputable. As Pollok says, To the sentence of that day the voice of every guilty conscience will be, “Ye knew your duty, but ye did it not.” The sentence then rendered will be unchangeable. Hence all cases will then be fixed for salvation or destruction. Then what better wish could be expressed in regard to any one than for mercy in the day of judgment?
A word for those who will receive no mercy from the Lord in that day: (1) They will be those who had no mercy on others; (2) those who neglect so great salvation, mercy that has been provided at such infinite cost for all. “For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?” Heb. 2:1-3; (3) those who show, or act in a way to show, that they do not have any sense of the need of mercy,—the self-righteous ones; (4) the procrastinators, or those who are indifferent about securing the provided mercy; (5) those who scoff at Christ, and refuse the gospel; (6) those who have sold their Lord, and apostatized from him.
The prayer of the text is appropriate for all; for all need mercy. The judgment surely is coming, and must be met by all. But we would have no one despair as to the future, but hope for mercy in the present, that they may find it in that day. Remember that “now is the accepted time,” and that “now is the day of salvation.” 2 Cor. 6:2. You are not yet standing at the judgment bar. You are yet where prayer is heard; where faith, if exercised toward Christ, will save; where the Holy Spirit strives; where sins may be forgiven at once and forever. You are where grace reigns, though sin abounds.
When Thomas Hooper was dying, one said to him: “Brother, you are going to your reward, to receive the reward of your labors.” He humbly replied, “Brother, I am going to receive mercy.” It is said that a famous composer once wrote a great anthem to be sung at a festival. He sought to introduce the scenes of the final judgment, and introduced a strain of music representing the final solemn lamentations of the lost. But no singer was found willing to take such a part. So the wailings and woes were omitted. And when the passage was reached, the leader simply beat the time in silence till the awful chasm was passed; and the musicians then gloriously took up the strains of celestial unison, lying on the other side of it,—the shout of them that triumph, and the song of them that feast. U. S.

Open Doors in Europe

By Arthur G. Daniells

THE readers of the REVIEW will remember that a number of delegates were sent from America last spring to attend the European General Conference, and to visit the different local conferences of Europe. This was an important step. From present indications it marked the beginning of a new policy by this people in behalf of foreign fields. Evidences and reasons for this will appear in this series of articles.
The European General Conference was held in London. This was its second session, and it was a great occasion for our people and cause in the European field. It was attended by the presidentsof conferences and the superintendents of mission fields, by our leading school men and physicians, by the editors of our papers and the managers of our printing houses, and by the leading members of various committees and boards of management.
The reports presented by the delegates, and the questions discussed in the conference made a deep impression upon the American representatives. The conference was indeed a revelation to us. We were made to realize that our ideas of the European field, and of the proportions to which our work had grown, of its relation to the work in America and to the cause in general, were too small and crude. New views, broader conceptions, and fresh inspiration came to us regarding that field,—the victories already gained, and the great work yet to be done.
Three facts were made especially prominent and impressive; namely, that the field to be worked is vast; that its doors are open for our messengers; and that our work in that field has reached a point where it must be reckoned as a greater factor, and receive a larger share of attention, than it has in the past.
I have wished many times that every believer in this message in the United States could see that field as we saw it. There is no question as to what would be done. A stream of workers and means would flow to those populous and neglected fields so white for the harvest. Does not the Lord of the great harvest bid us to lift up our eyes, and look on the fields, because they are white already to harvest? The European part of this great field is in many respects the most interesting and important part of the world for carrying on the work God has committed to us.
The European General Conference embraces all the countries of Europe, European Russia, the Balkan States, Turkey, Servia, and Egypt. The territorial area of this field is seven and one-half million square miles. The population is five hundred million. This field contains thirty separate nations, speaking thirty different languages. It has thirty different governments, with twenty different rulers.
We in this country can scarcely realize the magnitude of the European field. Its area is more than twice that of the United States, including Alaska, while its population is one third of that of the world, and six times that of the United States. The complications involved in giving this message in so many languages to people living under so many different governments, with their varied and complex laws, can be appreciated only by those on the ground.
But with all these conditions confronting our laborers who have gone to that field, they have been hopeful and courageous and have had a good measure of success in their work. Scattered among the vast multitude of that field, there are now eight thousand Sabbath keepers. These are organized into three hundred churches. There are laboring in the field sixty-two ordained ministers and thirty-two licensed preachers. Besides these regular conference laborers there are, eighty-three licensed missionaries, most of whom are doing self-supporting work by selling our publications.
The various parts of this great field have been well organized. Under the European General Conference there are three union conferences, and two union mission fields. Within these union conferences there are eleven local conferences, and twenty separate local mission fields.
The union conferences are the British, with a population of 42,000,000; the Scandinavian, with 12,500,000; and the German, with 255,000,000. The union mission fields are the Latin, having a population of 98,000,000, and the Oriental, with 56,000,000.
The British Union Conference has two conferences and three mission fields. The conferences are the North of England and the South of England, each containing a population of 15,000,000. The mission fields are Scotland, with 5,000,000 people; Ireland, with 5,000,000; and Wales, with 2,000,000. Altogether there are one thousand Sabbath keepers in these conferences and mission fields, with their enormous population. Of all this field, the words of our Saviour—“The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few”—are most emphatically true.
The British Union Conference has one ordained minister and four licensed preachers. The South of England Conference, with its 15,000,000, has but two ordained ministers, one licensed preacher, and three Bible workers. One of these ordained ministers is the editor of The Present Truth and Bible teacher in the London Bible School. The North of England Conference, with its 15,000,000, has two ordained ministers, one licensed preacher, and three licensed missionaries. Scotland, with 5,000,000 people, has only one ordained minister, one licensed preacher, and two licensed missionaries. Ireland, with the same number of inhabitants, has one minister, one licensed preacher, and three licensed missionaries. Wales, with a population of 2,000,000, has one ordained and two licensed preachers. Thus this interesting and most promising field, with a population half as great as that of the United States, has eight ordained ministers, ten licensed preachers, and eleven licensed missionaries,—a total of twenty-nine public laborers; while the United States, with only double the population of Great Britain, has one thousand public laborers in the field.
If we were to distribute the laborers according to the population, we would have to send three hundred of our laborers in the United States to Great Britain. When we look at the number of believers in each field, every one of whom should be a light, we see that the British field stands in a still more neglected condition than would appear from this uneven distribution of laborers: In the United States we have one believer for every 1,500 people, while in Great Britain there is one believer in this message for every 42,000 of the population. This great difference does not exist because of a difference in the character of the people in the two countries. It is not that the British people are infidel, heathenish, or illiterate that there are so few believers among them, compared with the large number among the American people. This great difference is due to the fact that the message has been proclaimed in this country more than twice as long as in Great Britain, and because the great majority of the ministers have labored here, and a large proportion of all the funds of the denomination has been expended here, and nearly all the facilities are located here. Great Britain is a most promising field for this message. It is a land of books, churches, and missionary societies. No other nation has done so much to evangelize heathen lands. No other people has done so much to put the Word of God in the hands of all nations. Even to-day it is a great training ground for missionaries. It is as clear as a sunbeam that our American conferences need to share their laborers and their tithe with their British brethren across the sea. And we thank God for the willingness manifested to do this. Last spring, ten consecrated canvassers went to Great Britain. Within the last two months two small companies of laborers have gone to that field, and on the 26th of November another large contingent will sail from New York for London. This is right, and may this good work go on until the British field is well supplied with efficient, consecrated laborers. Then we shall see thousands of believers added to the church.
The time in which we live, and the character of the message that we have to give the world, demand far greater activity on our part. We must not neglect this work for any selfish motives whatever. God is long-suffering, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance, and so he is calling us to tell all people that Christ is closing his work in heaven, and that as soon as men take their stand for or against righteousness, he will close the gospel work, and come to this world. He has sent us to proclaim this, and we are to have no other interests in the world. We are not to be divided in our minds. We are not to throw our energies into anything else on earth. Let us consecrate all to this end. Let us plunge into this work with all our hearts, and finish the work God has given us to do. A. G. DANIELLS.

On the March

By William A. Spicer

THIS people is not simply a denomination in the world. It is an army on the march.
Born of the fulfillment of prophecy, and charged with carrying the definite message of preparation for the coming of the Lord, this movement represents infinitely more than a denomination preaching moral precepts and exerting a helpful influence.
Just as truly as God led Israel out of Egypt, and into the land of Canaan at last, God has led this people out to bring them quickly to the consummation of their hope, the coming of Jesus and the city of God.
Many in Israel, in the days of the wilderness wanderings, were ready to turn back. They lost the hope and the aim of the movement. But just as soon as God found a people prepared to follow him, the Jordan rolled back, and the wanderings ceased.
Just as soon as we now do the work God has committed to us; just as soon as we bear to the world the warning message that has made us a people and given us a mission in the world apart from others, the Saviour will come.
Let no one now persuade himself that we are to wander indefinitely in the wilderness of this world. Let no one think that the mission of this people is to settle down merely to philanthropic enterprise and humanitarian service.
The greatest injury this people can ever do to humanity is to be disloyal to the mission and the message God has committed to it by the sure word of prophecy.
Every influence that weakens confidence in the third angel’s message, with its definite warning against papal and heathen doctrines, and its definite call to the Sabbath and advent truths, is an influence that delays the completion of the work of God, and adds to the suffering and the misery of this sinful world.
Led of God, the early pioneers in the advent movement grasped the great truths of the message summed up in Rev. 14:6-12. By the preaching of the simple and sure word of prophecy a denomination has been called out to give itself, in every branch, or department, of its work, to the declaration of the message.
Not for a moment are we now to forget that the continuous preaching of this word in new fields and in all lands is the one and only mission we have. It includes every phase of reformatory truth that heaven has for men, and every such truth sounds the keynote of the one message.
We are an army on the march. We are going somewhere. The definite aim is set before us: “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”
“The return of Christ to our world will not be long delayed. Let this be the keynote of every message.” So speaks “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. VI, the latest volume. Every turn of events emphasizes the fact that the end is at hand. Let us ring out the message, every one striking the keynote.
Then, like a mighty army, “a great host, like the host of God,” this movement will sweep across the world to victory. W. A. S.
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