“我要作你们的父；你们要作我的儿女。这是全能的主说的”（林后6:18）。{FH.149.1}
只有两条道路；一条通向天国，一条通向死亡和地狱。每个人都有一项工作要做。我们每一个人都有思维的能力，知道有一位上帝。……在受苦遭难的时辰，我们需要依靠一个能扶持我们的膀臂。当地要东倒西歪，又摇来摇去好像吊床时，我们需要这样一个膀臂可以依赖。那时我们需要知道上帝是我们的父，我们的生命与基督一同藏在上帝里面。你们每一个人都需要这种把握。我们学校的学生需要这种把握。有些学生不久就要回到自己家里。他们中有多少人虽已来到这个学校却没有在基督里的盼望呢？有多少人自从上了我们的大学就把心献给祂了呢？有多少人仍犹豫未决，有时想要完全站到主这边，然后又因我已说过的原因害怕基督徒的责任与义务而后退了呢？这些责任和义务似乎非常重，以致他们仍旧犹豫未决。……{FH.149.2}
你的寿命有多长呢？你们谁能保证自己必定会活到下个学期呢？你们多少人对自己的生命有把握呢？但是就算你们有一生的时间在面前，就算你们知道自己会活到七十岁，那短暂的一生又算什么呢？对你们来说把它献给上帝难道太多了吗？……祂岂是要求你们献上你们的利益和幸福需要保留的东西吗？不是的啊！……{FH.149.3}
怎么会有人觉得自己被接纳到统治诸天的万王之王的家庭好像是在作出牺牲呢？岂不知成为上帝的子民，全能之主的儿女乃是最高的擢升吗？{FH.149.4}
我从11岁的时候起就一直在侍奉这位天上的君王。我能凭经验讲话。祂没有要我献给祂任何于我最有益应保留的东西。宝贵的耶稣；宝贵的救主；我爱祂；我也爱祂的服务。——《时兆》，1878年1月31日。
（这篇讲道之后，许多人自愿祷告。慕道的兴趣持续到帐棚聚会，届时有130多人受洗，其中有许多是巴特尔克里克学院的学生。）{FH.149.4}
Come Out From Among Them, May 17
I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.?2 Corinthians 6:18.?{FH 149.1}[1]
There are only two roads; one leads to heaven, the other to death and hell. Every one has a work to do. Every one of us that has reasoning powers knows that there is a God.... We want an arm to lean upon in the hours of affliction that can sustain. We want such an arm to rely upon when the earth shall reel to and fro, and be removed as a cottage. We want to know then that God is our Father, that our life is hid with Christ in God. Every one of you needs this assurance. The students at our school need this assurance. Some will soon return to their homes. How many of them have come to this school without a hope in Christ? How many have given their hearts to Him since they have been attending our college? How many are still in a position of indecision, sometimes inclined to be wholly on the Lord’s side, and then again draw back for the very reasons I have mentioned, the responsibilities and duties devolving upon the Christian? These seem so great that they hesitate and remain undecided....?{FH 149.2}[2]
How long is the extent of your life? Who of you have the assurance that you will live until the next term of school? How many of you have any surety of your life? But if you had a lifetime before you, if you knew that you should live your three-score years and ten, what is that little span of life? Is it too much for you to give to God? ... Does He require you to give anything that is for your interest or happiness to retain? Oh, no....?{FH 149.3}[3]
How can any feel as though they were making a sacrifice, to be adopted into the family of the King of kings, the Lord who reigns in the heavens; know you not that it is the highest exaltation to become children of God, “sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty”??{FH 149.4}[4]
Ever since I was 11 years old I have been in the service of this heavenly King. I can speak from experience. He has asked me to give Him nothing that was for my best interest to retain. Precious Jesus; precious Savior; I love Him; and I love His service.—Signs of the Times, January 31, 1878.?{FH 149.5}[5]
[This discourse was followed by a large number coming forward for prayers. The interest continued till the camp meeting, when more than 130 were baptized, many of whom were students at Battle Creek College.]?{FH 149.6}[6]
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