The W. W. Prescott Armadale Sermons - Fred Bischoff

hour laborers will receive their penny. These will see the battle coming and
will give the trumpet a certain sound. When the crisis is upon us, when the
season of calamity shall come, they will come to the front, gird themselves
with the whole armor of God, and exalt His law, adhere to the faith of Jesus,
and maintain the cause of religious liberty which Reformers defended with
toil and for which they sacrificed their lives. [p. 378]
C. Sept. 13, 1889 (MS27, "Counsels to Ministers")
The soul-saving message, the third angel’s message, is the message to be
given to the world. The commandments of God and the faith of Jesus are
both important, immensely important, and must be given with equal force
and power. The first part of the message has been dwelt upon mostly, the last
part casually. The faith of Jesus is not comprehended. We must talk it, we
must live it, we must pray it, and educate the people to bring this part of the
message into their home life. "Let this mind be in you, which was also in
Christ Jesus." (Phil. 2:5) [p. 430]
D. Oct. 1889 (MS22, Diary Entries)
We will not be able to meet the trials of this time without God. We are
not to have the courage and fortitude of martyrs of old until brought into the
position they were in. The Lord proportions His grace to meet every
emergency. We are to receive daily supplies of grace for each daily
emergency. Thus we grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and if persecution comes upon us, if we must be enclosed in prison
walls for the faith of Jesus and the keeping of God’s holy law, "As thy days,
so shall thy strength be." Should there be a return of persecution there would
be grace given to arouse every energy of the soul to show a true heroism. But
there is a large amount of nominal Christianity which has not its origin in
God, the Source of all power and might. God gives us not power to make us
independent and self-sufficient. We must ever make God our only
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