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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Tuesday, April 21, 1885

FromAdvent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 62, No. 16

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“WELL DONE.”

By George Thompson

BY GEORGE THOMPSON.
“Well done” are the most welcome that could greet our ear, if uttered by the God when he comes to gather his people. But none will be blessed with hearing it but those who have done well. We all have something to do if we inherit eternal life. We are to a certain extent responsible for it. Those who have great light have great responsibilities. Souls are going down to ruin while living in darkness, and it is our duty to let our light shine so that others, seeing our good works, will be constrained to glorify God.
But says one, I have no talent that I can do any good. Perhaps not. But has the Lord trusted you with any of this world’s goods? If he has, you are responsible to him for the use made of it; for a part is “holy unto the Lord” (Lev. 27:30), and to withhold it is to rob God. Mal. 3:8. Perhaps some brother has talent that could be used to the honor of God and the good of his fellow-men, but has not the means to enable him to do so. You furnish the means, and talent, and another voice will be raised to advocate unpopular truth. God has promised those who honor him with their substance abundance in this life. Prov. 3:9, 10; 10. If we fail to do so, they will be as witnesses against us in the Judgment. James 5:3. Where our treasure is, there our heart is also. Shall we hoard our money? The time is not far when those who keep all the commandments of God will not be allowed to either buy or sell. Rev. 13:17. The conflict which is going to convulse Christendom to the center is already begun. Distant thunder is heard; the dark border cloud is far above the horizon. The tempest soon be upon us; and only those who have made a covenant with God by sacrifice will stand.
The call is being made for means to carry the message. Now our means may be used to the glory of God. Soon they will be of no value, but will be a cause of lamentation. James 5:3. Ere long the fiat will go forth, “He which is filthy, let him be filthy still; . . . he that is holy, let him be holy still.” Rev. 22:11. Shall we suffer for what it is in our power to give? Why?