MESSAGE GOES SWIFTLY
Swiftly the message has gone. In remotest places of earth it reaches people who have been prepared for it by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. In the region of the far western sources of the Amazon, in South America, a Catholic priest had spoken disparagingly of our missions to a planter, himself a Catholic.HEVI 80.15
“Sir,” replied the planter, “these Seventh-day Adventists have done more for these Indians in four months than your church had done in four hundred years.” This is the fruitage of the advent message.HEVI 80.16
We who have been given this message are debtors to all men. Of the work still before us the Spirit of prophecy speaks in earnest tone: “The third angel of Revelation fourteen is represented as flying swiftly through the midst of heaven, crying, ‘Here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.’ Here is shown the nature of the work of the people of God. They have a message of so great importance that they are represented as flying in the presentation of it to the world. They are holding in their hands the bread of life for a famishing world. The love of Christ constraineth them.HEVI 80.17
The world is to be warned; soon Jesus will come. We are to allow nothing to interpose between us and the work God has given us to do. The people must hear the truth in clear, distinct lines... Now is our golden opportunity to co-operate with heavenly intelligences in enlightening the understanding of those who are studying the meaning of the rapid increase of crime and disaster. As we do our part faithfully, the Lord will bless our efforts to the saving of many precious souls.”-Ellen G. White, in The Review and Herald, October 25, 1906.HEVI 81.1
“This is the last message. There are no more to follow; no more invitations of mercy to be given after this message shall have done its work. What a trust! What a responsibility is resting upon all to carry the words of gracious invitation! ‘And 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’.”-Testimonies for the Church 5:206, 207.HEVI 81.2
The judgment hour foretold is passing in the heavenly courts above. Our business on earth-the business of every Seventh-day Adventist-is to proclaim to every people the saving gospel message of the prophecy, “Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judgment is come: and worship Him that made heaven and earth, and the seas, and the fountains of waters.” The Review and Herald, August 13, 1942.HEVI 81.3