Mind, Character, and Personality Vol. 2 - Second Advent Revival

Reaping and Sowing.--In the laws of God in nature, effect follows cause with
unerring certainty. The reaping will testify as to what the sowing has been. The slothful
worker is condemned by his work. The harvest bears witness against him. So in
spiritual things: The faithfulness of every worker is measured by the results of his work.
The character of his work, whether diligent or slothful, is revealed by the harvest. It is
thus that his destiny for eternity is decided.--COL 84 (1900).
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Some Believe Only What They Understand.--There are men who proudly boast
that they believe only what they can understand. But the folly of their vaunted wisdom is
apparent to every thoughtful mind. There are mysteries in human life and in the
manifestations of God's power in the works of nature--mysteries which the deepest
philosophy, the most extensive research, is powerless to explain.--RH, Sept 14, 1886.
(C) Other Laws {2MCP 569.1}
The Law of Obedient Action.--Action gives power. Entire harmony pervades the
universe of God. All the heavenly beings are in constant activity, and the Lord Jesus in
His lifework has given an example for everyone. He went about "doing good." God has
established the law of obedient action. Silent but ceaseless, the objects of His creation
do their appointed work. The ocean is in constant motion. The springing grass, which
today is and tomorrow is cast into the oven, does its errand, clothing the fields with
beauty. The leaves are stirred to motion, and yet no hand is seen to touch them. The
sun, moon, and stars are useful and glorious in fulfilling their mission.--LS 87 (1915).
{2MCP 569.2}
Universal Dominion of Law.--To him who learns thus to interpret its teachings, all
nature becomes illuminated; the world is a lesson book, life a school. The unity of man
with nature and with God, the universal dominion of law, the results of transgression,
cannot fail of impressing the mind and molding the character.--Ed 100 (1903). {2MCP
569.3}
To Transgress Nature's Laws Is to Transgress God's.--A continual transgression
of nature's laws is a continual transgression of the law of God. Had men
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always been obedient to the law of the Ten Commandments, carrying out in their lives
the principles of those precepts, the curse of disease now flooding the world would not
exist.--CTBH 8, 1890. (CH 20.) {2MCP 569.4}
Transgression Brings Mental and Physical Suffering.--Against every
transgression of the laws of life nature utters her protest. She bears abuse as long as
she can; but finally retribution comes, and the mental as well as the physical powers
suffer. Nor does the punishment fall on the transgressor alone; the effects of his