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our opportunities for greatness, etc., will bedistinctly lessened by the course of obediencewhich we take. Nevertheless we, like Abram, goforth taking all of ourFM279possessions with us, great or small— nothingmust be left behind to be a treasure in Babylonand to attract our hearts thither again. All thingsmust be brought with us so that not our own livesand talents only, but our influence upon others,must all be made to count." (Z.'01-230.)"As to missionary activities (Matt. 23:15), whatadvantage can accrue to the heathen from givingthem the false doctrines of the Adversary? Thefew who may be reached will have the more tounlearn when the Times of Restitution begin."—F641.My people.— "We would not be understood asincluding all Christians as ‘Babylonians.' Quiteto the contrary. As the Lord recognizes some inBabylon as true to Him and addresses them now.saying, ‘Come out of her, My people' (Rev.18:4), so do we; and we rejoice to believe thatthere are today thousands who have not bowedthe knee to the Baal of our day— Mammon,Pride and Ambition. Those who will not comeout until Babylon falls and they come throughthe ‘great tribulation' (Rev. 7:8, 14) shall not beaccounted worthy to share the Kingdom.Compare Rev. 2:26; 3:21; Matt. 10:37; Mark8:34, 35; Luke 14:26, 27." (D627; Mic. 2:10; Jer.12:7-11; 23:33-40; Jer. 11:14, 15; Prov. 19:27;Matt. 14:28, 29; Hos. 4:6; Isa. 27:12.)"The begetting of spiritual children of God,through the Word of His grace, and their being tosome extent cherished, nourished and broughtforward by these human sectarian tare systems,is well illustrated by certain insects, the young ofwhich are injected into the backs of theirenemies, and there warmed, nourished anddeveloped, up to the time of their complete birthand deliverance, which means, usually, the deathof the insect which temporarily carried them