- Preface
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- Power of the Word
- A New Lifestyle
- Counterfeit Revivals—What's the Difference?
- Why Be Deceived?
- Can God's Law Be Changed?
- Alienated and Reconciled—How Does It Happen?
- Sanctification—Who Does the Work?
- No Room for Boasting
- Counterfeit Sanctification—Is It “Only Believe”?
- Sanctification—Total Commitment
- A Changed Life
- No Longer Condemned
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- This Is the Test
- Why Aren't Miracles Enough?
- Healing Can Be From the Devil
- False “Tongues” Identified in 1864
- Drums, Dancing, and Noise
- Bodies Out of Control
- Nudity
- Confusion
- Order Versus Impressions and Feelings
- Satan's Slaves
- “Inspired” by Drugs
- Pantheism, Spiritualism, and Free Love
- Irrational Behavior
- Pretending
- Claims to Holiness
- Whose Voice Can I Trust?
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- The Contest Following the Revival
- Peril of Confusing the Spirit's Work With Fanaticism
- Easy Ways to Lose the Blessing
- Danger of Light Becoming Darkness
- Spiritual Victory Lost to the Passions for Games
- The Child of God a Laborer With God
- Was the Blessing Cherished?
- A Blessing Turned Into a Curse
- Be Exceedingly Careful
- The Sin of Rejecting Evidence
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- At Battle Creek in Early Days
- Earnest Work at Tittabawassee, Michigan
- A Good Response in Battle Creek
- After Some Hesitancy a Response
- As She Begins Work in Switzerland
- At Christiana [Oslo], Norway
- Determination Indicated by Standing
- Backsliders Reclaimed in Basel
- An Outstanding Experience in Australia
- Non-Adventist Visitors Respond at Ashfield Church
- The Special Call at the Battle Creek College
- Called Forward in San Francisco
- A Similar Work in Every Church
- Response at General Conference of 1909
The Church to Arise and Repent
Let the church arise, and repent of her backslidings before God. Let the watchmen awake, and give the trumpet a certain sound. It is a definite warning that we have to proclaim. God commands His servants, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins” (Isaiah 58:1). The attention of the people must be gained; unless this can be done, all effort is useless; though an angel from heaven should come down and speak to them, his words would do no more good than if he were speaking into the cold ear of death.TR 13.3
The church must arouse to action. The Spirit of God can never come in until she prepares the way. There should be earnest searching of heart. There should be united, persevering prayer, and through faith a claiming of the promises of God. There should be, not a clothing of the body with sackcloth, as in ancient times, but a deep humiliation of soul. We have not the first reason for self-congratulation and self-exaltation. We should humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God. He will appear to comfort and bless the true seekers.TR 14.1
The work is before us; will we engage in it? We must work fast, we must go steadily forward. We must be preparing for the great day of the Lord. We have no time to lose, no time to be engaged in selfish purposes. The world is to be warned. What are we doing as individuals to bring the light before others? God has left to every man his work; every one has a part to act, and we cannot neglect this work except at the peril of our souls.TR 14.2
O my brethren, will you grieve the Holy Spirit, and cause it to depart? Will you shut out the blessed Saviour, because you are unprepared for His presence? Will you leave souls to perish without the knowledge of the truth, because you love your ease too well to bear the burden that Jesus bore for you? Let us awake out of sleep. “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8).—The Review and Herald, March 22, 1887.TR 14.3