“For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.”
– 1 Corinthians 2:2
The pen is a power in the hands of men who feel the truth burning upon the altar of their hearts, and who have an intelligent zeal for God, balanced with sound judgment. The pen, dipped in the fountain of pure truth, can send the beams of light to dark corners of the earth, which will reflect its rays back, adding new power, and giving increased light to be scattered everywhere. (1)
With pen and voice proclaim that Jesus lives to make intercession for us. Unite with the great Master Worker, follow the self-denying Redeemer through His pilgrimage of love on earth. (2)
Some will work in one way and some in another, as the Lord shall call and lead them. But they are all to strive together, seeking to make the work a perfect whole. With pen and voice they are to labor for Him. (3)
Christ crucified,—talk it, pray it, sing it, and it will break and win hearts. (4)
Our ministers should not give all their powers to preaching discourses, and let the work end there. They should instruct the members of the church how to take hold of and successfully carry forward this branch of the work [missionary correspondence], which is to our tract and missionary society like a wheel within a wheel. The movement of this inner wheel keeps in healthful, powerful action the outer wheel. Let this inner wheel cease its action, and the result will be seen in diminished life and activity in the tract and missionary society. (5)
Now is our time to work. The end of all things is at hand. . . . By pen and voice labor to sweep back the false ideas that have taken possession of men’s minds regarding the higher education. (6)
Do not become weary of vigilant missionary labor. This is a work you may all engage in successfully, if you will but connect with God. Before writing letters of inquiry, always lift up your heart to God in prayer that you may be successful in gathering some wild branches which may be grafted into the true vine, and bear fruit to the glory of God. All who with humble hearts take part in this work, will be continually educating themselves as workers in the vineyard of the Lord. (7)
Charge for the Day: “Christ crucified,—talk it, pray it, sing it, and it will break and win hearts.”
1. Life Sketches, p. 214
2. The Review and Herald, January 24, 1893
3. Testimonies for the Church, vol. 9, p. 26
4. Testimonies for the Church, vol. 6, p. 67
5. The Review and Herald, June 10, 1880
6. Letter 102, 1909
7. The Review and Herald, June 10, 1880