power in the presentation of the truth at the present time; but
how long will it continue? Only a little while. If there was ever a
crisis, it is now.
All are now deciding their eternal destiny. Men need to be
aroused to realize the solemnity of the time, the nearness of the
day when human probation shall be ended. Decided efforts should
be made to bring the message for this time prominently before the
people. The third angel is to go forth with great power. Let none
[17] ignore this work or treat it as of little importance.
The light we have received upon the third angel’s message is
the true light. The mark of the beast is exactly what it has been
proclaimed to be. Not all in regard to this matter is yet understood,
nor will it be understood until the unrolling of the scroll; but a
most solemn work is to be accomplished in our world. The Lord’s
command to His servants is: “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice
like a trumpet, and show My people their transgression, and the
house of Jacob their sins.” Isaiah 58:1.
There is to be no change in the general features of our work. It
is to stand as clear and distinct as prophecy has made it. We are to
enter into no confederacy with the world, supposing that by so doing
we could accomplish more. If any stand in the way, to hinder the
advancement of the work in the lines that God has appointed, they
will displease God. No line of truth that has made the Seventh-day
Adventist people what they are is to be weakened. We have the old
landmarks of truth, experience, and duty, and we are to stand firmly
in defense of our principles, in full view of the world.
It is essential that men be raised up to open the living oracles
of God to all peoples. Men of all ranks and capacities, with their
various gifts, are to co-operate harmoniously for a common result.
They are to unite in the work of bringing the truth to the people,
each worker fulfilling his own special appointment.
* * * * *
The three angels of Revelation 14 are represented as flying in
the midst of heaven, symbolizing the work of those who proclaim
the first, second, and third angels’ messages. All are linked together.
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The evidences of the abiding, everliving truth of these grand messages,
that mean so much to the church, that have awakened such [18]
intense opposition from the religious world, are not extinct. Satan is
constantly seeking to cast a shadow about these messages, so that the
people of God shall not clearly discern their import, their time and
place; but they live and are to exert their power upon our religious
experience while time shall last.
The influence of these messages has been deepening and widening,
setting in motion the springs of action in thousands of hearts,
bringing into existence institutions of learning, publishing houses,
and health institutions. All these are instrumentalities of God to
co-operate in the grand work represented by the first, second, and
third angels, the work of warning the inhabitants of the world that
Christ is coming the second time with power and great glory.
* * * * *
Brethren and sisters, would that I might say something to awaken
you to the importance of this time, the significance of the events that
are now taking place. I point you to the aggressive movements now
being made for the restriction of religious liberty. God’s sanctified
memorial has been torn down, and in its place a false sabbath,
bearing no sanctity, stands before the world. And while the powers
of darkness are stirring up the elements from beneath, the Lord God
of heaven is sending power from above to meet the emergency by
arousing His living agencies to exalt the law of heaven. Now, just
now, is our time to work in foreign countries. As America, the land of
religious liberty, shall unite with the papacy in forcing the conscience
and compelling men to honor the false sabbath, the people of every
country on the globe will be led to follow her example. Our people
are not half awake to do all in their power, with the facilities within
their reach, to extend the message of warning. [19]
The Lord God of heaven will not send upon the world His judgments
for disobedience and transgression until He has sent His
watchmen to give the warning. He will not close up the period of
probation until the message shall be more distinctly proclaimed. The
law of God is to be magnified; its claims must be presented in their
true, sacred character, that the people may be brought to decide for
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or against the truth. Yet the work will be cut short in righteousness.
The message of Christ’s righteousness is to sound from one end of
the earth to the other to prepare the way of the Lord. This is the
glory of God, which closes the work of the third angel.
* * * * *
There is no work in our world so great, so sacred, and so glorious,
no work that God honors so much, as this gospel work. The message
presented at this time is the last message of mercy for a fallen world.
Those who have the privilege of hearing this message, and who
persist in refusing to heed the warning, cast away their last hope of
salvation. There will be no second probation.
The word of truth, “It is written,” is the gospel we are to preach.
No flaming sword is placed before this tree of life. All who will
may partake of it. There is no power that can prohibit any soul from
taking of its fruit. All may eat, and live forever.
* * * * *
Mysteries into which angels desire to look, which prophets and
kings and righteous men desired to understand, the remnant church
will carry in messages from God to the world. The prophets prophesied
of these things, and they longed to understand that which they
[20] foretold; but to them this privilege was not given. They longed
to see what we see, and to hear what we hear; but they could not.
They will know all when Christ shall come the second time; when,
surrounded by a multitude which no man can number, He explains
the deliverance wrought out by the great sacrifice He made.
* * * * *
The truths of the third angel’s message have been presented by
some as a dry theory; but in this message is to be presented Christ
the Living One. He is to be revealed as the first and the last, as
the I AM, the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright and
morning Star. Through this message the character of God in Christ
is to be manifested to the world. The call is to be sounded: “O
Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength;
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lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your
God! Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and His
arm shall rule for Him: behold, His reward is with Him, and His
work before Him. He shall feed His flock like a shepherd: He shall
gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom.” Isaiah
40:9-11.
Now, with John the Baptist, we are to point men to Jesus, saying:
“Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29. Now as never before is to be sounded the invitation: “If
any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink.” “The Spirit and
the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let
him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water
of life freely.” John 7:37; Revelation 22:17.
There is a great work to be done, and every effort possible must
be made to reveal Christ as the sin-pardoning Saviour, Christ as the
Sin Bearer, Christ as the bright and morning Star; and the Lord will [21]
give us favor before the world until our work is done.
* * * * *
While the angels hold the four winds, we are to work with all our
capabilities. We must bear our message without any delay. We must
give evidence to the heavenly universe, and to men in this degenerate
age, that our religion is a faith and a power of which Christ is the
Author and His word the divine oracle. Human souls are hanging
in the balance. They will either be subjects for the kingdom of God
or slaves to the despotism of Satan. All are to have the privilege
of laying hold of the hope set before them in the gospel, and how
can they hear without a preacher? The human family is in need of
a moral renovation, a preparation of character, that they may stand
in God’s presence. There are souls ready to perish because of the
theoretical errors which are prevailing, and which are calculated to
counterwork the gospel message. Who will now fully consecrate
themselves to become laborers together with God?
As you see the peril and misery of the world under the working of
Satan, do not exhaust your God-given energies in idle lamentations,
but go to work for yourselves and for others. Awake, and feel a
burden for those who are perishing. If they are not won to Christ
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they will lose an eternity of bliss. Think of what it is possible for
them to gain. The soul that God has created and Christ has redeemed
is of great value because of the possibilities before it, the spiritual
advantages that have been granted it, the capabilities it may possess
if vitalized by the word of God, and the immortality which through
the Life-giver it may obtain if obedient. One soul is of more value
[22] to heaven than a whole world of property, houses, lands, money.
For the conversion of one soul we should tax our resources to the
utmost. One soul won to Christ will flash heaven’s light all around
him, penetrating the moral darkness and saving other souls.
If Christ left the ninety and nine, that He might seek and save the
one lost sheep, can we be justified in doing less? Is not a neglect to
work even as Christ worked, to sacrifice as He sacrificed, a betrayal
of sacred trusts, an insult to God?
Sound an alarm throughout the length and breadth of the earth.
Tell the people that the day of the Lord is near and hasteth greatly.
Let none be left unwarned. We might have been in the place of
the poor souls that are in error. We might have been placed among
barbarians. According to the truth we have received above others,
we are debtors to impart the same to them.
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We have no time to lose. The end is near. The passage from place
to place to spread the truth will soon be hedged with dangers on
the right hand and on the left. Everything will be placed to obstruct