1896

October 1, 1896

“O, why do they delay?” and “Will the presidents of conferences...”

EGW

“O, why do they delay? Why are they not seized by a terrific fear that it will be too late, too late? No oil in their vessels with their lamps! The end is near. We are on the very borders of the eternal world; and, O, how tardy, how dilatory to secure the oil of grace to replenish the lamps that are going out! God help the sinners in Zion!”GCB October 1, 1896, Art. A, par. 1

“Will the presidents of conferences and the ministers of the people seek the Lord earnestly, put away their sins, empty their souls of their idols? Or will they continue to go on half-hearted, neglecting solemn duties, while Satan triumphs, whispering to his evil angels, and to his human confederacy in evil, ‘Hopeless, Irredeemable Bankruptcy’?”GCB October 1, 1896, Art. A, par. 2