Wonderful is the work which the Lord designs to
accomplish through His church, that His name may be
glorified. A picture of this work is given in Ezekiel’s vision
of the river of healing: “These waters issue out toward the
east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the
sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall
be healed. And it shall come to pass, that everything that
liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come,
shall live:... and by the river upon the bank thereof, on this
side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf
shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it
shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because
their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit
thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.”
Ezekiel 47:8-12.
From the beginning God has wrought through His people
to bring blessing to the world. To the ancient Egyptian nation
God made Joseph a fountain of life. Through the integrity
of Joseph the life of that whole people was preserved.
Through Daniel God saved the life of all the wise men
of Babylon. And these deliverances are as object lessons;
they illustrate the spiritual blessings offered to the world
through connection with the God whom Joseph and Daniel
worshiped. Everyone in whose heart Christ abides, everyone
who will show forth His love to the world, is a worker
together with God for the blessing of humanity. As he
receives from the Saviour grace to impart to others, from h
