《南方园地回声》
1909年6月1日
1、鼓励的话
(1909年4月29日怀爱伦女士在阿拉巴马州亨茨维尔奥克伍德学校的演讲){SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 1}
我很高兴有机会对这群学生讲话。我有时期望这个房间挤满了人，另一个房间也挤满了人。我们期望看到这里做了令人们感到自豪的工作。看到这么多人到场，我们确实很高兴。{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 2}
今天早上我首先读《以赛亚书》第58章的一段经文：“你要大声喊叫，不可止息，扬起声来好像吹角，向我百姓说明他们的过犯，向雅各家说明他们的罪恶。他们天天寻求我，乐意明白我的道。好像行义的国民，不离弃他们上帝的典章，向我求问公义的判语，喜悦亲近上帝。{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 3}
“他们说，我们禁食，你为何不看见呢?我们刻苦己心，你为何不理会呢?看哪，你们禁食的日子，仍求利益，勒逼人为你们作苦工。你们禁食，却互相争竞，以凶恶的拳头打人。你们今日禁食，不得使你们的声音听闻于上。这样禁食，岂是我所拣选使人刻苦己心的日子吗?岂是叫人垂头像苇子，用麻布和炉灰铺在他以下吗?你这可称为禁食为耶和华所悦纳的日子吗”(赛58:1-5)? {SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 4}
主宣布了什么才是祂所拣选的禁食。祂说：“我所拣选的禁食，不是要松开凶恶的绳，解下轭上的索，使被欺压的得自由，折断一切的轭吗?不是要把你的饼分给饥饿的人;将飘流的穷人接到你家中;见赤身的给他衣服遮体;顾恤自己的骨肉而不掩藏吗”(赛58:6,7)? {SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 5}
这就是我们正在努力从事的工作，也是我们正在摆在上帝的子民面前的工作，作为应该完成的工作。我们可以说：是的，主啊，祢的遵守诫命的子民，正在努力尽快做这项工作。{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 6}
我们正竭力把有色人种带到他们能自食其力的地方。你们能摆脱必将临到世上的许多弊病的时候将要到来，因为你们已经获得了正确的知识，知道如何耕作和建造，如何开展各项实业。这就是我们希望占用和耕作这块土地，并且建造房屋的原因。学生们应学会如何种植、建造和播种。学会这些以后，他们就会看见面前有一项他们非常乐意从事的工作。他们将获得机会，能使自己成为周围之人的福气。{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 7}
“不是要把你的饼分给饥饿的人。将飘流的穷人接到你家中。见赤身的给他衣服遮体，顾恤自己的骨肉而不掩藏吗”(赛58:7)?这个校园的每一位学生和工人都有特权知道何为被上帝之灵的冲动所感动。“{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 8}
“这样你的光就必发现如早晨的光。你所得的医治要速速发明”(赛58:8)。为什么对健康有如此的保证?健康的获得是因为你们学会既使用脑力也使用肌肉。均衡使用我们的体力与脑力是非常重要的。主继续说：“你的公义必在你前面行。耶和华的荣光必作你的后盾。”我们的公义如何在我们前面行?它将彰显在我们公义的言行和有益的活动上。这项工作既委托给白人，也同样确实地委托给有色人种。他们应该根据自己的机会，忠实地解决上帝交给他们的问题。当我们做上帝要求我们做的工作时，祂应许的福气就必伴随我们。{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 9}
如果我们行公义，高举真理，主就会亲自作我们的保管者和保护者，使我们能按祂的意愿做事。上帝眷顾那些遭到同胞鄙夷的人。因为祂关心那些遭到鄙夷和排斥之人的需求，所以我们有了这个学校农场，使你们能作好准备，就在南方当地从事工作。祂希望在这里接受训练的人会出来工作，扶起受压迫的人，加力量给软弱的手，通过你们的努力，男人和女人将学会尊敬和荣耀上帝。这就是《以赛亚书》第58章的教训对你们的意义。{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 10}
我很高兴有机会对你们说这些话。你们做每一件事情都要凭着信心。要相信上帝一定会履行祂的诺言。祂希望我们从祂的话里得到安慰;祂希望我们从祂的许诺中得到支撑;祂渴望看到耶和华的公义行在我们前面行，上帝的荣光作我们的后盾。我看到这所学校的学生得到这种经验的可能性是很大的。你们在这里有很大的优势。你们远离世俗，远离欢宴、娱乐和迷乱。你不需要这些东西。你需要处在能自由凭良心服侍上帝的地方。祂并不因你的肤色而抛弃你。主希望白人帮助有色人种。如果白人鼓励他们，为他们开路，主的福气就必临到白人，就像临到他们正努力帮助的人一样。这将是上帝计划的实现。{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 11}
每一个学生都有特权在这里得知至高者关怀着你。祂必守护你为善，而不是为恶。你若继续认识上帝，就必知道祂出现确如晨光(何6:3)。你就必在亮光和知识中不断成长。我希望看到上帝的善良和怜悯彰显在这个地方。我们将为你们祷告，我们将竭尽所能帮助你们。我们将寄给你们书籍让你们阅读学习。我希望在上帝的国与你们每一个人相会。让我们勇敢而理直气壮地加入主的战争，使我们能在上帝之城看见我们今日在这里所见的面孔吧。让我们教育和训练上帝家庭的年轻成员吧。他们要与上帝的子民一同坚立。{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 12}
今天早上我不用再对你们多说什么了。能访问你们的学校，我非常感恩。多年以来我尽力帮助有色人种，直至如今我还从未在其它地方看到工作能像这里开创得如此良好。在你们所有的经历里，要记住上帝的天使在你们身边。他们知道你们在做什么，并在场保护你们。不要做任何令他们不高兴的事。由于你们和他们的工作，这所学校将变成神圣的地方。我希望听到你们的成功。全天庭都在关心你们所采取的行动。让我们尽全力互相帮助获得胜利吧。但愿我们的生活使天国的亮光能照进我们的心思意念，使我们能紧抓天国的财宝。愿上帝帮助你们，乃是我的祷告。{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 13}
SOUTHERN FIELD ECHO
1-Jun-09
Words of Encouragement
(Talk given by Mrs. E. G. White at the Oakwood School, Huntsville, Ala., April 29, 1909.)?{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 1}
I am glad to have an opportunity of speaking to this company of students. Some time I expect that this room will be filled, and that another room will be filled also. We expect to see a work done here that men will be proud to acknowledge. We are glad indeed to see so many present.?{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 2}
This morning I will first read a few words from the fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah: “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgressions, and the house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.?{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 3}
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? Wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and Thou takest no knowledge?” Here the complaint comes not against themselves, but against God. Listen to the answer: “Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labors. Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?”?{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 4}
The Lord declares what is the fast that He chooses. “Is not this the fast that I have chosen?” He says, “to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?”?{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 5}
This is the work we are trying to do, and the work we are setting before His people, God’s people, as the work that should be done. Yes, Lord, we can say, we, thy commandment-keeping people, are trying to do this work as fast as possible.?{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 6}
We are endeavoring to bring the colored people to that place where they can be self-supporting. The time will come when you will be able to escape many of the evils that will come upon the world because you have obtained a correct knowledge of how to plant and to build, and how to carry various enterprises. This is why we want this land occupied and cultivated, why we want buildings put up. The students are to learn how to plant, and to build, and to sow. As they learn to do this, they will see a work before them which they will be very glad to have a part in. Opportunities will present themselves by which they can make themselves a blessing to those around them.?{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 7}
“Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?” It is the privilege of every student and worker upon this school land to know what it is to be moved by the impulse of the Spirit of God.?{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 8}
“Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily.” Why this assurance regarding the health? Health is given because you learn to use your muscles as well as your brain powers. It is very important that we tax our physical and mental powers equally. “Thy righteousness shall go before thee,” the Lord continues, “and the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.” How will our righteousness go before us? It will be revealed in righteous words, in righteous actions, in our useful employments. This work is given to the colored people as surely as it is given to the white people. According to their opportunities they are to work out faithfully the problems that God presents to them. When we do the work that God requires of us, the blessings He has promised will attend us.?{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 9}
If we will do justice, if we will exalt the truth, the Lord Himself will be our Keeper and our Preserver. enabling us to do His will. God takes care of those who are looked down upon by their fellow men. It is because He regards the needs of those who are despised and rejected that we have this school farm where you can receive a preparation for labor right here in the South. It is His desire that those who receive a training here shall go forth to labor to lift up the oppressed, to strengthen the weak hands, that through your efforts men and women may learn to honor and glorify God, The teaching of this fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah means just this to you.?{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 10}
I am glad of this opportunity of saying these few words to you. Let everything you do be done in faith. Believe that the Lord will surely fulfill His promises. He wants us to take comfort in His word; He wants us to be consoled by His promises; He longs to see the righteousness of the Lord go before us and the glory of God be our rereward. I see great possibilities for this experience to come to the students in this school. You have great advantages here. You are shut away from the world at large, away from the carousing, and the amusements, and the confusion. You do not need these things. You need to be where you can be free to serve the Lord conscientiously. He does not cast you off because of your color. The Lord wants the white people to help the colored people. If they will encourage them, and open ways for them, the blessing of the Lord will surely come upon them, as it comes to those whom they are trying to help. This will be a working out of God’s plan.?{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 11}
It is the privilege of each student here to know that the Most High has a care for you. He will watch over you for good, and not for evil. If you follow on to know the Lord, you will know His going forth is prepared as the morning. You will increase continually in light and knowledge. I want to see the goodness and mercy of God revealed in this place. We will pray for you; we will do all we can to help you; we will send you publications that you can read and study. I want to meet you each in the kingdom of God. Let us fight the battles of the Lord manfully and righteously, that we may see in the city of God the faces we look upon here today. Let us educate and train the younger members of the Lord’s family. They are to stand firmly with God’s people.?{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 12}
I need not say any more this morning. I am very thankful that I could visit your school. For years I have done what I could to help the colored people, and I have never found the work so well begun in any place as I find it here at the present time. In all your experiences, remember that angels of God are beside you. They know what you do; they are present to guard you. Do not do anything to displease them. As you work and they work, this school will become consecrated ground. I shall want to hear how you succeed. All heaven is interested in the moves you are making. Let us do our utmost to help one another to obtain the victory. Let us so live that the light of heaven can shine into our hearts and minds, enabling us to grasp the treasures of heaven. May God help you, is my prayer.?{SFEcho June 1, 1909, par. 13}
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