p. 634 | Review and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 33. (8/13/1901)

TRUE MINISTRY.

By Elder P. M. Howe

ELDER P. M. HOWE.

(Bartowville, Ontario.)

“As ye go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.’ Matt. 10: 7, 8.

This text expresses the real idea of true ministry—just what the life of every follower of Jesus will show. To preach is to give one's life to the people. As He gave His life freely to us, so we are to give ourselves to all about us.

To preach the gospel is simply to hold up the pure, sanctified life of Jesus to the wondering gaze of a lost world. He came to seek and save the lost. “And I, if I be lifted up,” Jesus said, “will draw all men unto me.” If we are crucified with Christ, He will appear in us, lifted up, the living Jesus, ready to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out devils. The world is full of men and women in all the various walks of life who are longing to see Jesus. They desire to be saved from sin and from disease; but He seems to be away in heaven, or far off in some out-of-the-way place difficult to reach. “We see Jesus.” The sinner longing for power to live a holy life, says in his heart, “I, too, would see Jesus.”

Now it is written that by beholding we become changed; so if we really see Jesus, we must become changed into His likeness. We read again, “We shall be like Him.” His life flowed out as a beautiful spring of water to the thirsty souls about Him. All might drink, and thirst no more; for the satisfying draft sparkled with the life of God's dear Son. His life flowed out. The promise is that rivers of living waters shall flow out from us.

This well of water “springing up” is Christ in us, ready to transmit His life through us to the world. All who would might come to Him, and drink freely of the water of life; all might be saved; all the sick might have been healed. Even the lepers cried out, “If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean;” and it was so. Devils, long ago banished from heaven, could not now be silent in His holy presence. There was no place found for them in human beings when Jesus came near, and they had to depart into the swine. Oh, what a defilement of the temple of God, for devils to inhabit it!

Christ's stay on earth was not for pleasure and ease. His time was occupied in doing good. He studied His Father's will. He prayed. He wept. He toiled. To all He ministered freely of the things received from God. It is an expression of great selfishness to withhold from others as needy as ourselves any good thing given to us. Jesus never did so. He ministered unselfishly to all. Having healed the sick in one place, He hastened on to others. The blind and the deaf and dumb were in the way. All might see and hear and speak.

He could not be induced to stop work to tell of the wonderful miracles wrought. These were facts of experience, so faithfully and indelibly written that time could not efface them. His works followed Him. Their memory could never be forgotten. No; time was too precious. Lepers and insane persons were in the way, too. All must be cleansed, and all set free.

The widow, mourning for her only son, now dead, must see him alive again. The touch of Jesus gave back her support, and caused great rejoicing. The enemy had lost a victim. Away over the hills, many miles distant, a mother was watching by the bedside of her dying child. He must go to comfort her heart, and what could do this so well as to heal the sick one?

He found no time to exalt self; for multitudes were hungry, and must be fed. To rest by the way, to glory over the wonders done in the name of His Father, meant the loss of some poor, sick, perishing soul. Freely He had received, and freely He must give. He was “God with us.” None thought of going away off for help then. Every good desire of men's lives was seen in this man. “Is not this Christ?” They would make Him their king. Such a king could deliver Israel; but when they would crown Him, He was gone. Across the stormy Galilee were two demoniacs. They must be set free. His commission was to “let the oppressed go free.” He had no thought of staying to be praised and crowned king by the people, simply because He had performed a miracle to feed the hungry.

There was a great work yet to be accomplished. The temple was fast being made a den of thieves. It must be cleansed once more. He hastened on all through the days and nights, foot-sore and weary, but never discouraged, to do His Father's bidding. He suffered much. The cross and an ignominious death were before Him, yet He could not leave His field of labor. It was more than His meat and drink to do His Father's will. He left us an example that we should follow His steps.

Of Him it is written, “Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth.” The Third Angel's Message of Revelation 14 is given to reveal in us the obedience of Christ. It is said of the one hundred and forty-four thousand, “Here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus:” “and in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault.” Here is a company of people just like Jesus. What a glorious privilege to be just like Him! Are you and I, dear reader, among this number? “As He is so are we in this world.”

He in us, and we in Him—one; thank the Lord. Then the world is to see Jesus near by again. The wonderful works done by Jesus nineteen hundred years ago will be done in His Church again, and even greater works. He will again be lifted up, and multitudes will flock to hear the gracious proclamation that “the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

He longs to be seen, but ever refuses to disclose His glorious person save in His children. We are here to manifest Him to the world. Shall we do it? Shall we open the door and let Him in? Shall we show to the world the Christ so completely revealed in the Third Angel's Message?

“The last shall be first.” We are called to a place in the Church militant where every error is to be seen and given up, and only truth appear. The power of the faith of Jesus is manifested to separate His people from all perversion of truth, and hold them free from sin, in the love of the truth, right here in this present evil world.

He received an unction from on high, and went about doing good. Herein lay the secret of His power and holy life. It is written, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” This is the only way to be fitted up to go about doing good—to walk as He walked, to follow His steps, to overcome as He overcame, and to be translated as He was translated.

Then “let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author, and finisher of our faith [the faith of Jesus]; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

PREPARATION FOR THE WORK

By Ellen G. White

THE RELIEF OF OUR SCHOOLS.—NO. 2.

PREPARATION FOR THE WORK.

Those who engage in this work should first give themselves unreservedly to God. They should place themselves where they can learn of Christ and follow His example. He has invited them: “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Matt. 11:28-30. Angels are commissioned to go forth with those who take up this work in true humility.

We are to pray without ceasing, and we are to live our prayers. Faith will greatly increase by exercise. Let those who are canvassing for “Christ’s Object Lessons” learn the lessons taught in the book for which they are working. Learn of Christ. Have faith in His power to help and save you. Faith is the very life-blood of the soul. Its presence gives warmth, health, consistency, and sound judgment. Its vitality and vigor exert a powerful though unconscious influence. The life of Christ in the soul is as a well of water, springing up unto everlasting life. It leads to a constant cultivation of the heavenly graces, and to a kindly submission in all things to the Lord.

I speak to the workers, young and old, who are handling our books, and especially to those who are canvassing for the book that is now doing its errand of mercy. Exemplify in the life the lessons given by Christ in His sermon on the mount. This will make a deeper impression and have a more lasting influence upon minds than will the sermons given from the pulpit. You may not be able to speak eloquently to those you desire to help, but if you speak modestly, hiding self in Christ, your words will be dictated by the Holy Spirit; and Christ, with whom you are co-operating, will impress the heart.

Exercise that faith which works by love, and sanctifies the soul. Let none now make the Lord ashamed of them because of their unbelief. Sloth and despondency accomplish nothing. Entanglements in secular business are sometimes permitted by God in order to stir the sluggish faculties to more earnest action that He may honor faith by the bestowal of rich blessings. This is a means of advancing His work. Looking unto Jesus, not only as our example, but as the author and finisher of

our faith, let us go forward, having confidence that He will supply the strength for every duty.

Much painstaking effort will be required of those who have the burden of this work; for right instruction must be given, that a sense of the importance of the work may be kept before the workers, and that all may cherish the spirit of self-denial and sacrifice exemplified in the life of our Redeemer. Christ made sacrifices at every step, sacrifices that none of His followers can ever make. In all the self-denial required of us in this world, amid all the unpleasant things that occur, we are to consider that we are yoked up with Christ, partakers of His spirit of kindness, forbearance, and self-abnegation. This spirit will open the way before us, and give us success, because Christ is our recommendation.

THE WORK IN ALL LANDS.

The work for the relief of our schools should be taken up by our people in all countries. Let it be entered upon by our churches in Australasia. Our school there is in need of help, and if our people will take hold of the work unitedly, they can do much toward lifting the burden of debt; they can encourage the hearts of those who are laboring to build up this, the Lord’s instrumentality; and they can aid in extending its influence of blessing to far heathen lands and to the islands of the sea.

We trust that our publishing house in Australia will make liberal terms in the publication of “Christ’s Object Lessons.” The Lord has greatly blessed this institution, and it should present to Him a thank-offering by making no stinted donation toward freeing the school from debt. We feel sure that it will take up the work and act its part nobly. And this co-operation with God in the work will prove to it as great a blessing as it has proved to our institutions in America.

Move out in this work, my brethren in Australasia. “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Heb. 11:1. Have we not proved this in the past? As we have moved out, trusting God’s promise, things unseen, except by the eye of faith, have become things seen. As we have walked and worked by faith, God has fulfilled to us every word He has spoken. The evidence we have of the faithfulness of His promises should check every thought of unbelief. It is a sin to doubt, and we do not believe that our brethren in Australasia will be guilty of this.

The Lord has done much for you. Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, already white for the harvest. Praise God that His word has been verified beyond all our conception.

I call upon our people to enter earnestly and disinterestedly upon the work of freeing the school from debt. Let the publishing house do its part in the publication of the book. Let our people throughout Australasia take hold of the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons.” God will bless them in this work.

The workers in England should do all they possibly can in the sale of this book, that a school may be established in that country. My brethren in England, France, and all European countries where the light of truth is shining, take hold of this work. Let this book be translated into the different languages and circulated in the different countries of Europe. Let our canvassers in all parts of Europe be encouraged to help in its sale. The sale of this book will do much more than to aid in freeing our institutions from debt. It will open the way for our larger books to find a ready market. Thus the truth will reach many who otherwise would not receive it.

I appeal especially to our brethren in Scandinavia. Will you not take hold of the work which God has given you? Will you not labor to the utmost of your ability to relieve the embarrassed institutions in your field? Do not look on in despair, saying, “We can do nothing.” Cease to talk discouragement. Take hold of the arm of Infinite Power. Remember that your brethren in other lands are uniting to give you help. Do not fail nor be discouraged. The Lord is your helper. He will uphold His workers in Scandinavia if they will act their part in faith, in prayer, in hopefulness, doing all they can to advance His cause and hasten His coming.

Let a most earnest effort be made by our people in England to inspire their brethren in Scandinavia with faith and courage. Brethren, we must come up to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.

Remember that the nearer we approach Christ’s coming, the more earnestly and firmly we are to work; for we are opposed by the whole synagogue of Satan. We do not need feverish excitement, but that courage which is born of genuine faith.

MRS. E. G. WHITE.

ROLL OF JUBILEE SINGERS.

NAME.	AMOUNT.
W. S. Morgan	$1 00	Robert Roberts	5 00
Mrs. A. M. Evans	5 00	Frederick Griggs	23 59
Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Landers	15 00	A friend	5 00
John W. Wood	1 50	S. S. Shrock	1 00
D. S. Borden	5 00	R. I. Francis	1 00
Mrs. Lina Hyre	1 00	Mrs. Sayre	1 00
S. Zin	2 00	Sister Corckendaufer	1 00
D. K. Royer	2 00	Mrs. Dan. Mank	1 00
P. C. Adamson	2 00	O. P. Baker	1 00
C. Christiansen	1 00	Miss E. Trice	1 00
Mrs. Hattie Hadden	1 00	Mrs. S. H. Ogden	1 00
Iowa Tract Society	25 25	Miss L. L. Hooke	5 00
S. A. Sellers	1 00	Marie Beyerle	1 00
Ellis Clark	1 00	V. J. Davis	1 00
Mrs. J. S. Olive	1 00	Mrs. F. Baker	1 00
Mrs. E. Pomeroy	1 00	Nancy M. Buckland	4 50
T. R. Butler	1 00	Harriett Jones	1 00
Mrs. Eliza Bedford	1 00	A friend	2 00
R. G. Ahlborn	1 00	C. G. Kelsey	1 00
Mrs. G. W. Elb	5 00	Anos E. Outhouse	1 00
J. G. and S. P. Brown	5 00	O. B. Hill	1 00
E. C. Boylan	2 50	R. D. Kennon	1 00
W. J. Hurdon	1 00	Mrs. J. Roberts	2 00
Wellington Frost	1 00	Anna Glaunsinger	1 00
Mrs. H. T. Simott	1 00	W. J. Felt	13 50
Emma Weatherly	1 00	D. B. Hickert	1 00
Mr. & Mrs. Ben. Dunham	209 65	W. W. Quantock	10 00
Sam'l A. Brett	15	Robt. Scott	1 00
Geo. Graham	1 00	Mrs. J. C. Suits	1 00
A. F. Ballenger	20 00	A. J. Breed	13 50
Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Saxby	10 00	J. W. Kirkpatrick	2 00
Laura Fish	5 00	C. J. Clark	3 75
Cumberland Conf.	5 00	Mrs. Anna Kelley	50
E. Culver	1 00	Mrs. Anna Hughes	50
Mrs. M. J. Peterson	1 00	Mrs. H. E. Osborn	10 00
Mr. & Mrs. M. F. Smith	2 00	J. C. Langfitt	5 00
Mrs. M. L. Coleman	1 00	Lee S. Wheeler	5 00
John Williams	1 00	India Mission Field	150 00
Edwin D. Clayton	3 80	Fritz Voss	1 00
Lida F. Scott	1 00	Mrs. Lou Welborn	1 00
E. L. Denslow	50	Mrs. A. J. Breed	25
Cora A. Rose	5 00	Henry Seath	10 00
S. Osborn	5 22	S. Williams	1 10
Chas. F. Brooks	15 96	W. S. Wright	1 00
Mrs. L. D. Gray	2 00	Julia A. Boyd	5 00
John A. Kimmel	1 00	Aliza Robert	1 00
Harriet Rasmusson	20 00	A. Robb	3 29
Mrs. Effie Wright	1 00	Mrs. Silas Paddock	50
Mrs. E. M. Vincent	2 00	Mollie Dominic	5 00
Lucinda C. Vile	1 00	Jno. F. Klostermeyer	5 00
A. J. Denman	25	A friend	25
Mrs. E. Spencer	1 00	Mrs. E. A. Kennedy	1 60
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Mace	2 00	Mrs. Z. M. Moore	1 00
J. C. Christiansen	1 00	Chas. Satterlee	1 00
A friend	20	A friend	1 00
		Dora Hillis	6 00
		Rosa Tatum	1 00
		A. P. Hough	1 50
		Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bremert	2 00
		Mrs. J. C. Green	5 00

Friends	50	Kansas Tract Soc'y	25 25
P. T. Magan, sundry donors	294 74	Eliza King	75
W. A. Chatfield	1 50	Minn. Tract Soc'y	64 56
S. F. Richardson	1 00	Ohio Tract Soc'y	8 75
Wm. C. Rahn	20 00	Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Sumner	5 00
John McDaniels	1 00	J. Reid	2 00
Mary E. Ayers	2 00	Mattie Leach	1 00
N. Y. Tract Society	35 00	Mrs. Wesley Hare	4 87
Mrs. C. S. Davis	2 50	A friend	1 50
W. L. Manful and wife	106 00	Mrs. S. Russell	2 00
A friend	3 00	Mr. & Mrs. Benj. Barto	1 00
Hattie Roberts	1 40	J. B. Shannon	50
Mrs. Lottie Robinson	2 00	A friend	50
Harriet L. Kirkendall	50	Dakota Tract Soc'y	75 50
Lizzie Keat	1 00	Cora Colebaugh	1 00
Ann Bickle	50	Mrs. A. A. Powell	1 00
L. E. Charlton	2 50	Chas. M. Steele	1 00
L. H. Crisler	5 00	Eunice Hartsock	5 00
L. T. Crisler	1 55	L. L. Lauritson	80
W. H. Lainson	1 00	Mrs. H. S. Farnsworth	4 00
Benn Auten	1 00	Ezra Davis	5 00
Mary Varger	3 00	S. J. Lewis	1 00
Mrs. B. F. Kraener	1 00	Mrs. Sarah Galligan	1 00
Mrs. Louis Ewald	2 00	Mrs. Nancy Disher	50
A. Bergfeldt, Scandinavian fund	8 50	C. H. Robinson	1 00
A. Bergfeldt	10 00	A. E. Johnson	1 25
Mrs. Susan Noyes	5 00	Julia Burden	2 00
Mr. & Mrs. J. D. Heald	10 00	G. W. Johnson	1 00
G. W. Bailey	5 00	Mrs. C. M. Lake	2 00
A friend, Scandinavian fund	25 00	Addie Rust, ½ Scandinavian fund	4 00
A friend	25 00	Cecil E. Rust	50
Mrs. Laura Potter	2 00	Cecil E. Rust, Scandinavian fund	25
Mary A. Bunch	5 00	Myrtie E. Irwin	25
A sister	5 00	Myrtie E. Irwin, Scandinavian fund	25
A. W. Judson	1 00	Mrs. L. J. Hughes	2 00
Alex Russell	2 75	Mrs. A. K. Cole	1 00
Louisa Bower	1 00	A friend	1 00
Matte D. Auten	1 00	H. C. Baisbaugh	2 50
Mrs. Agnes Hunter	1 00	A friend (W. E. A.)	1 50
Geo. Tuttle	1 00	A. B. Virny	1 00
Louie Niccum	1 00	Chas. Anderson	1 00
Mrs. A. Samuels	1 00	Alex Carpenter	1 00
Mrs. D. Stufflefield	1 00	Bro. Blunt	5 00
A friend	50	W. G. Dick	2 00
Mrs. A. M. Althaus	5 00	A. M. Baxter	1 00
Alice M. Burghart	2 00	F. E. Nettleingham	1 00
Mrs. M. A. Clark	1 00	Ann P. Seward	1 00
Mrs. L. P. Peterson	2 00	Cotton Wood Grove Mission	10 00
Annie Lytle	1 00	Mrs. L. C. Smith	2 00
Annie Lytle, Scandinavian fund	1 00	Mrs. Wm. Ruby	1 00
Alfred Anderson	20 00	A friend	1 00
G. W. Copley	5 00	A. M. Hamlin	2 00
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Grimes	5 00	Mrs. W. L. Skinner	5 00
M. F. Brown	1 00	Amelia Schweigert	1 00
Mrs. E. L. Frakes	5 00	Ellen Bolser	5 00
Mrs. Sarah E. Healy	5 00	A friend ($5 for Scandinavian fund)	10 00
Mrs. M. L. McCabe	1 00	J. G. Severner	1 00
Willie McCabe	1 00	Eliza M. Ervay	1 00
Mrs. Sarah Trezona	1 00	Anna Amstutz	1 00
D. Hayward	10 00	Mrs. M. A. Hodgson	1 00
Mrs. H. A. & Walter Baldwin, Scandinavian fund	10 00	Mrs. Polly Warner	10 00
		Mrs. C. L. Thomas	5 00
		Mrs. E. Adgate	50
		P. Leibold	1 00

SLOTH AND DESPONDENCY ACCOMPLISH, NOTHING.

By P. T. Magan

Sloth and despondency accomplish nothing, is a sentence in the preceding article from the pen of Sister White, and in the Bible we are told to be “not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord.” Moses believed that God had a hand in the smallest details and experiences of life, and every man who would be a Moses in belief and experience must believe the same. Seventh-day Adventists have only one reason for an existence,— to tell the people that Christ is coming again, by our lives, by our testimonies, by Bible readings, and missionary visits. By prayers, by gifts, by sacrifices, by faithful, holy, and never-ceasing service in all these things we must push the battle to the gate. Our institutions are in peril. If they fail and go into bankruptcy, the name of God will be dishonored. Come along, brethren, let us come up to the help of the Lord against the mighty. P. T. Magan.

Total Cash Received for Schools Relief

The Total Cash received on the Relief of the Schools Fund up to date is $ 31,672.96.

Good Health Midsummer Number.

By Editor

Our brethren and sisters will be pleased to learn that the first 50,000 edition of the Midsummer Good Health has been entirely exhausted. The second edition of 25,000 is now on the press, and orders for more than one half this number have been booked; yet we have heard from but few of our churches. This special number contains so many articles of importance on the subject of health and dietetics of practical value in every home that it should be circulated by the tens of thousands everywhere. The following are a few of the many topics considered in the Midsummer number: Why Do Invalids Travel? The Outdoor Gymnasium; Is Disease a Struggle for Life? How, What, and When to Drink; The Use of Water for the Relief of Pain, by J. H. Kellogg, M. D. This article alone is worth the price of the magazine. These special articles in the Midsummer Number of Good Health will be of interest to physicians, lawyers, professional men, teachers, business men, and your invalid neighbors.

We are arranging to go to press with the third midsummer edition of Good Health. We earnestly request that those who have not placed their order, and desire to do so, will order from their Tract Society or the Good Health Pub. Co. at once, that we may know just how many to print, that all may be supplied with the magazine.

GOOD HEALTH PUB. CO.