Monthly Missionary Reading
November 14, 1908
Work for Every Member of the Family
Our households must be set in order, and earnest efforts must be made to interest every member of the family in missionary enterprises. We must seek to engage the sympathies of our children in earnest work for the unsaved, that they may do their best at all times, and in all places, to represent Christ. MMR November 14, 1908, par. 1
Satan and his angels are wide awake, and intensely active, working with energy and perseverance through human instrumentalities, to bring about his purpose of obliterating from the mind of man, the knowledge of God. MMR November 14, 1908, par. 2
The reason why the churches sit in darkness and have no light, is that they have not given light; they have not been as a city set upon a hill, that it cannot be hid. O that all would cultivate a love for souls, and deny inclination. Then the life of Christ would burn in the heart, and souls for whom He died, would rejoice in the revealed mercy of God. MMR November 14, 1908, par. 3
There can be no such thing as a slothful Christian. MMR November 14, 1908, par. 4
Parents should work to this end, that they and their children might become missionaries for God. MMR November 14, 1908, par. 5
This means that you should be vigilant, diligent in searching the Scriptures, pouring out your soul before God in your closet, that you may not fail or be discouraged. MMR November 14, 1908, par. 6
We need missionary ministers. MMR November 14, 1908, par. 7
Spiritual indolence is sin. The secret of our success in the work of God, will be found in the harmonious working of our people. There must be concentrated action. Every member of Christ must act his part in the cause of God, according to the ability that God has given him. We must press together against obstructions and difficulties, shoulder to shoulder, and heart to heart. Christ drew the hearts of His hearers to Him by the manifestation of His love, and then little by little, as they were able to bear it, He unfolded to them the great truths of God. We must also learn to adapt our labors to different people—to meet them where they are. While the claims of the law of God are to be presented to the world, we should never forget that love, the love of Christ, is the only power that can soften the heart and lead to obedience. MMR November 14, 1908, par. 8
You cannot tell how few may be the days of your probation. The Lord may say very soon “Cut down the tree; for it is not profitable that it should stand in the garden of the Lord.” MMR November 14, 1908, par. 9
We need to branch out more in our methods of labor; not a hand should be bound; not a soul discouraged; not a voice should be hushed; let every individual labour privately or publicly to help forward this grand work. Place the burdens upon men and women of the church that they may grow by reason of exercise and thus become efficient agencies in the hand of the Lord for the enlightenment of those who sit in darkness. MMR November 14, 1908, par. 10
There has been so much preaching to our churches that they have almost ceased to appreciate the gospel ministry. The time has come when this order of things should be changed. Let the minister call out the individual church-members to help him by house-to-house work, to carry the truth into regions beyond. MMR November 14, 1908, par. 11
Let every church awake out of sleep; let the members unite themselves together in the love of Jesus, and in sympathy for perishing souls, all go forth to their neighbors, pointing them to the way of salvation. Our Leader has all power in heaven and in earth. MMR November 14, 1908, par. 12
Let men tremble with the sense of the responsibility of knowing the truth. The ends of the world are come. Proper consideration of these things will lead all to make an entire consecration of all that they have and are, to their God. There should be no boasting; no seeking for the highest places; but all should be ambitious to use their vitality with an eye single to the glory of God—the sacred work in which it is our exalted privilege to engage. MMR November 14, 1908, par. 13
Mrs. E. G. White