General Conference Bulletin, vol. 1

CLOSING REMARKS OF ELDER O. A. OLSEN

O. A. OLSEN

WE have now come to the close of our meeting, and I join with you most heartily in thankfulness to God for his blessing and presence that has been GCB April 1895, page 512.1

with us. Truly the Master of assemblies has been in our midst. Truly the Captain of the Lord’s hosts has been here in a manifest manner; and for this I feel very thankful. GCB April 1895, page 512.2

We are now going forth to our different fields of labor. There will be trials; there will be cares; there will be perplexities; but you are not going alone; the Lord is with you, and will be with you. Some will go to far-off lands, to far-away fields; but those fields far-away from us are just as near to God as is Battle Creek; and the Lord will hear your prayers there just as well as in this Tabernacle, and the Angel of the Lord’s presence will guide you there, just as well as those near by. I thank God for that. We are going only at the Master’s bidding; we are going forth only in the Master’s work. Though the conflict may prove severe, yet it will be short. In a little while from this there will be a meeting where the triumph will be sung in better language than we can sing to-night, — the final gathering of the saints in the kingdom of God. And, brethren, everything indicates most plainly that that gathering is close at hand; and that soon it will be our privilege, as also that of the beloved John, of whom we have just heard, to lay our head upon the bosom of the blessed Saviour. O, praise the Lord for the privilege of being laborers together with God! GCB April 1895, page 512.3

So, brethren and sisters, old and young, be strong in the Lord, and of good courage. Quit you like men. Fight faithfully the battle that is before you. In a little from this it shall be our privilege to go to our Father’s home, bringing our sheaves with us. So may the love of God fill your hearts. Be true to the commission on which he has sent you. Let our united prayers meet daily at the throne of grace; then by and by we shall meet there to sing the triumph of our victory through him who hath loved us even to the end. GCB April 1895, page 512.4