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The Most Essential Obligation |
But let us be on our guard—so the Master continually reminds
us from His Station on high—lest too much concern in that which
is secondary in importance, and too long a preoccupation with the
details of our affairs and activities, make us neglectful of the most
essential, the most urgent of all our obligations, namely, to bury
our cares and teach the Cause, delivering far and wide this Message
of Salvation to a sorely-stricken world.
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“O ye servants of the Sacred Threshold! The triumphant Hosts
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of the Celestial Concourse, arrayed and marshalled in the Realms
above, stand ready and expectant to assist and assure victory to
that valiant horseman who with confidence spurs on his charger into
the arena of service. Well is it with that fearless warrior, who
armed with the power of true Knowledge, hastens unto the field,
disperses the armies of ignorance, and scatters the hosts of error,
who holds aloft the Standard of Divine Guidance, and sounds the
Clarion of Victory. By the righteousness of the Lord! He hath
achieved a glorious triumph and obtained the true victory….”
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With such inspiring words as these, are we to remain any longer
unmoved and inactive? His trumpet-call resounds on every side,
and summons us to service; are we to tarry and hesitate? His voice
is calling aloud from every land; let us march on, unfettered and
unafraid, and fulfill our glorious Destiny.
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