Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

may meet together to study the scriptures. Let the
Bible explain its own statements. Accept it just as
it reads, without twisting the words to suit human
ideas, "What is the chaff to the wheat?"
Teach All Nations
The gospel commission as recorded in Matthew
was given not only to the disciples of Christ who
were then living, but to all who should afterward
receive him. Upon every one who accepts him as
personal Saviour is placed the burden of
proclaiming the gospel message. Will the church
today refuse to recognize its obligation to do the
work so plainly outlined in the words; "Go ye
therefore, and teach all nations; baptizing them in
the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you." Were it not
for the promise of Christ's presence, we might well
draw back. But he ways, "Lo, I am with you alway,
even unto the end of the world."
This work is not to be confined to a few. The
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