A SOLEMN INQUIRY by P. C. Rodman

The Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · December 4, 1879

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 54, No. 23

A SOLEMN INQUIRY.

By P. C. Rodman

Dear Brethren, are we as active in the work of God as we ought to be? Are we as earnest as we should be in our efforts to save the perishing, so that our zeal persuades them that we believe the Lord is soon coming, and that the wicked will drink of the unmingled wine of the wrath of God? I fear that we shall fail of eternal life, and that the blood of souls will be found upon our garments, unless we awake. Let us be zealous and repent, and at once enter upon the work of saving souls. We have slept too long already. Where is our first love? Have not many of us lost it? If so, the Lord calls on us to repent. For a little ease, a large share of the love of this world, a little self-indulgence, can we afford to be forever shut out of the kingdom of God, which is so soon to be given to the saints? Remember, once too late is forever too late. Now is the accepted time. “Behold, now is the day of salvation.”

Let us put on the whole armor of God, and fight the good fight of faith, laying hold on eternal life while we may. We are in the watching time. Read Matt. 24: 42-44; Mark 13: 33-37; 1 Pet. 4: 7; 1 Thess. 5: 6, noticing the contexts, and you will conclude that these scriptures apply now, when the signs show that Jesus is near, when sudden destruction awaits the wicked, and judgment begins at the house of God.

Dear brethren, will you obey the words of our Saviour as found in Luke 21: 34-36, and be prepared to stand before the Son of man, when he shall appear? Each must heed these words for himself. We must not neglect the teachings of the word of God; if we do, we shall make a fatal mistake. Begin now to heed the words of truth; to delay is to peril our eternal interests, and permit souls that we might be instrumental in saving to go to perdition. May the Lord save us from the snare of Satan, that we may at last be permitted to enter through the gates into the city, have right to the tree of life, and dwell with angels and all the saved forever. May we be of the number that “follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth;” may we be among the pure in heart, and see God.

P. C. RODMAN.

Sanitarium.