Living as we do in the mad rush of this age, with everything geared to high speed, there is danger that in carrying out the mechanical details of our appointed work, we shall permit this whirl of the mechanics to dull our spiritual vision. Admit it or not, we tread on enchanted ground. The very press of duties connected with our work as preachers, can easily rob us of spiritual power.
What a tragedy it will be if any of us are so busy with meeting our goals, etc., that we neglect the contact with the throne of grace, necessary to keep us free from sin and unspotted from the world personally, and fitted for our holy calling. The devil is entirely willing for a Seventh-day Adventist minister to be more than active in the mechanical side of our work, provided he can keep him from developing the spiritual side, so vital to salvation and to the church.
It seems to me that many times we as preachers are not as serious-minded as we ought to be. I believe we greatly weaken ourselves and break down the confidence of our people when we indulge in light, trifling conversation that is altogether unprofitable. We are so near the end that we should sense the solemnity of it all, and lead the people into a deep Christian experience. This can come only by our placing a victorious experience and a holy life above all our activities, however important they may be. God grant that we as leaders may not only escape the traps of the enemy ourselves, but may urge our people to flee from the enchanted ground.
South Lancaster, Mass.
