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Blessed   are   they   that   do   his   commandments,   that   they   may   have   right   to   the   tree   of   life,   and   may  
enter  in  through  the  gates  into  the  city.—REV.  XXII,  14.  

   VOL.  XLIV.                                                        MONDAY,  JUNE  12,  1882.                                                                                          PGS.  374-­375.  

WORKERS WITH CHRIST.

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A  great  work  has  been  committed  to  the  fol-­‐ The  work  of  our  salvation  lies  between  God  and  
lowers   of   Christ.   Every   one   may   do   something   our  own  souls.  Though  all  nations  are  to  pass  in  
to   strengthen   and   build   up   the   church,   and   to   judgement  before  him,  yet  he  will  examine  the  
enlighten  those  who  are  in  darkness.  But  there   case   of   each   individual   with   as   close   and  
must   be   a   feeling   of   individual   responsibility.   searching  scrutiny  as  if  there  were  not  another  
Each  must  seek  to  maintain  a  close  connection   being  on  earth.  
with  God,  that  he  may  have  strength  to  aid  and   At   the   final   day,   we   shall   be   approved   or  
counsel   others.   "God   is   light,   and   in   him   is   no   condemned   according   to   our   works.   The   Judge  
darkness   at   all."   The   heart   in   which   his   Spirit   of   all   the   earth   will   render   a   just   decision.   He  
dwells   will   be   a   channel   of   light   to   others.   It   will   not   be   bribed;   he   cannot   be   deceived.   He  
cannot  be  otherwise.   who  made  man,  and  whose  are  the  worlds  and  
Those  who  do  not  preserve  a  living  connec-­‐ all   the   treasures   they   contain—he   it   is   who  
tion  with  God  themselves,  will  have  little  inter-­‐ weighs   character   in   the   balance   of   eternal   jus-­‐
est  in  the  salvation  of  others.  They  have  no  light   tice.  
from   Heaven,   to   reflect   to   the   world.   If   these   Oh,   that   we   as   a   people   might   realize   how  
careless,  irresponsible  ones,  could  see  the  fear-­‐ much   is   pending   upon   our   earnestness   and   fi-­‐
ful   results   of   their   course,   they   would   be   delity   in   the   service   of   Christ!   All   who   realize  
alarmed.   Every   one   of   us   is   exerting   an   influ-­‐ their   accountability   to   God,   will   be   burden-­‐
ence   upon   some   other   soul;   and   we   shall   each   bearers   in   the   church.   There   can   be   no   such  
be  held  accountable  for  the  effect  of  that  influ-­‐ thing  as  a  lazy  Christian,  though  there  are  many  
ence.   Words   and   actions   have   a   telling   power,   indolent   professors   of   Christianity.   While  
and   the   long   hereafter   will   show   the   results   of   Christ's   followers   will   realize   their   own   weak-­‐
our   life   here.   Yet   how   few   consider   these   ness,  they  will  cry  earnestly  to  God  for  strength,  
things.   The   members   of   the   church   listen   to   the   that   they   may   be   workers   together   with   him.  
words   of   God,   spoken   by   his   servant,   and   then   They  will  constantly  seek  to  become  better  men  
one   goes   to   his   farm,   another   to   his   merchan-­‐ and   better   women,   that   they   may   more   faith-­‐
dise;   and   by   their   absorbing   interest   in   the   af-­‐ fully  perform  the  work  which  he  has  committed  
fairs   of   this   life,   they   declare   that   eternal   things   to  their  hands.  
are  of  secondary  importance.   The   young,   as   well   as   those   of   more   ad-­‐
We   should   prayerfully   study   the   word   of   vanced   age,   are   accountable   to   God   for   their  
God,   and   ponder   it   in   our   hearts,   and   we   shall   time,   their   influence,   and   their   opportunities.  
be   better   prepared   to   obey   it   in   our   lives.   We   They   have   their   fate   in   their   own   hands.   They  
must   each   have   an   experience   for   ourselves.   may   rise   to   any   height   of   moral   excellence,   or  
they   may   sink   to   the   lowest   level   of   depravity.   while  to  those  whose  heart  and  conscience  are  
There   is   no   election   but   one's   own   by   which   defiled,  all  things  are  impure.  
any   may   perish.   Every   person   is   a   free   moral   Another   sin   of   the   mind   is   that   of   extolling  
agent,  deciding  his  own  future  by  his  daily  life.   and   deifying   human   reason,   to   the   neglect   of  
What  course,  then,  is  it  wisest  for  us,  as  rational   divine   revelation.   Here,   too,   we   must   "gird   up  
beings,   to   pursue!   SHALL   WE   LIVE   AS   BECOMETH   the   loins   of   the   mind."   We   are   living   in   an   age  
CANDIDATES   FOR   ETERNITY,   OR   SHALL   WE   FAIL   TO   when  the  minds  of  men  are  ever  on  the  stretch  
FULFILL  THE  GREAT  END  OF  OUR  CREATION?   for   something   new.   Rightly   directed,   and   kept  
Jesus   died,   that   men   might   be   redeemed   within   proper   limits,   this   desire   is   commend-­‐
from  the  power  of  sin,  and  be  adopted  into  the   able.   God   has   given   us   in   his   created   works  
family   of   God;   and,   in   view   of   the   great   sacrifice   enough  to  excite  thought  and  stimulate  investi-­‐
which  Christ  has  made  for  us,  we  are  exhorted   gation.   He   does   not   desire   men   to   be   less   acute,  
to   work   out   our   own   salvation   with   fear   and   less   inquiring,   or   less   intelligent.   But   with   all  
trembling.   Yet   how   many,   endowed   by   their   our   aspirations,   and   in   all   our   researches,   we  
Creator  with  reasoning  powers,  reject  the  high   should   remember   that   arrogance   is   not   great-­‐
honors   which   Christ   proffers,   and   degrade   ness,  nor  is  conceit  knowledge.  Human  pride  is  
themselves   to   the   level   of   the   brute.   Because   an  evidence,  not  of  strength,  but  of  weakness.  It  
they   do   not   like   to   retain   God   in   their   knowl-­‐ reveals   not   wisdom,   but   folly.   To   exalt   reason  
edge,   he   leaves   them   to   follow   their   own   evil   unduly  is  to  abase  it.  To  place  the  human  in  ri-­‐
ways.  They  yield  to  Satan's  control  the  souls  for   valry   with   the   divine,   is   to   make   it   contempti-­‐
whose  redemption  Christ  has  died.     ble.  
We  are  free  to  obey  or  to  disregard  the  will   How   can   man   be   just   with   God?   This   is   the  
of  God;  free  to  live  without  prayer  or  to  pray.  As   one   great   question   that   most   concerns   man-­‐
God   compels   no   man   to   be   righteous,   so   none   kind.  Can  human  reasoning  find  an  answer?  No;  
are   compelled   to   be   impenitent   and   vicious.   revelation   only   can   solve   the   all-­‐important  
Human   passions   may   be   strong   and   wayward,   problem,   can   shed   light   upon   the   pathway   of  
but  help  has  been  laid  upon  one  who  is  mighty.   man's  life.  What  folly,  then,  to  turn  from  the  one  
While   that   help   will   not   be   forced   upon   any   great   source   of   light,   the   Sun   of   righteousness,  
who  despise  the  gift,  it  is  freely,  gladly  given  to   to   follow   the   feeble   and   uncertain   light   of   hu-­‐
all  who  seek  it  in  sincerity.   man  wisdom.  
We   may   be   assailed   by   powerful   tempta-­‐ Every   individual   has   a   soul   to   save   or   to  
tions,  for  we  have  a  powerful,  cunning  foe;  but   lose.  Each  has  a  case  pending  at  the  bar  of  God.  
these   temptations   are   never   irresistible.   He   Each   must   meet   the   great   Judge   face   to   face.  
who   struggles   against   them   in   the   strength   of   How  important,  then,  that  every  mind  contem-­‐
Christ,   will   overcome;   but   God   will   never   de-­‐ plate   often   the   solemn   scene   when   the   Judg-­‐
liver   those   who   will   not   strive   to   free   them-­‐ ment   shall   sit   and   the   books   be   opened,   when  
selves.   The   Christian   must   be   watchful   against   with   Daniel   every   individual   must   stand   in   his  
sins   of   the   flesh,   watchful   against   sins   of   the   lot  at  the  end  of  the  days.  
mind.   Says   the   apostle,   "Gird   up   the   loins   of   Oh,  that  Christ's  followers  might  realize  that  
your  mind."  The  thoughts  and  feelings  must  be   it  is  not  houses  and  lands,  bank-­‐stock  or  wheat-­‐
restrained   with   a   firm   hand,   lest   they   lead   us   fields,   or   even   life   itself,   that   is   now   at   stake;  
into   sin.   How   many   have   become   the   willing   but  souls  for  whom  Christ  died!  We  should  ever  
slaves  of  vice,  their  mental  and  physical  powers   remember  that  the  men  and  women  whom  we  
enervated,   their   souls   debased,   because   impure   daily   meet   are   Judgment-­‐bound.   They   will  
thoughts   were   allowed   to   dwell   in   the   mind,   stand   before   the   great   white   throne,   to   testify  
and   to   stain   the   soul.   "Unto   the   pure,   all   things   against   us   if   we   are   unfaithful   to   duty,   if   our   ex-­‐
are   pure."   To   those   who   are   pure   in   heart,   all   ample  shall  lead  them  away  from  the  truth  and  
the   duties   and   lawful   pursuits   of   life   are   pure;   from  Christ,  or  to  bear  witness  that  our  fidelity  

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has   encouraged   them   in   the   path   of   righteous-­‐ eternity.  What  sacrifices  are  we  willing  to  make  
ness.  These  souls  will  either  live  to  offer  praise   for  their  salvation?  
to   God   and   the   Lamb   through   ceaseless   ages,   or   EDITOR,  
they   will   perish   with   the   wicked.   Christ   suf-­‐
fered   and   died   that   they   might   enjoy   a   blissful   ALBERT  CARINGTON.
 
Preserve your conscience always soft and sensitive. If but one sin force its way into the tender
part of the soul and dwell easy there, the road is paved for a thousand iniquities.
It is not an easy or instinctive thing to put thoughts or feelings into such words as shall serve
to reproduce them in the mind of another; to do so with even tolerable success demands patient
attention, care, and effort.
It is part of a wise and good man to deal with his inferior as he would have his superior deal
with him. He that duly considers how many servants have come to be masters, and how many
masters to be servants, will lay no great stress either upon the one title or upon the other.
Recreation, in relief from toil, mental and bodily, is an absolute necessity to most people, and
would be an advantage to all. But there can be no true capacity for enjoyment without productive
labor in the actual business of life. Nature has provided us with two eyes that the convergent vi-
sion of both combined may fix the actual focus; and we must look on the world and walk our way
through it by the double vision intellectual and realistic, which places things before us in their
true position.

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