Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

Chap. 51 - The Cause in the WestI have seen that men of worth have embraced the truth West who will yet be pillarsto the cause. When they can place their temporal affairs in a condition where they canuse a portion of their means, they will do their part toward sustaining the cause. I alsosaw that some were willing to receive the truth, brought to them by the liberalities oftheir Eastern brethren, without its costing them anything. The brethren West shouldarouse and meet the expenses of their own states. God requires this at their hands, andthey should feel it a privilege to do so. The Lord will prove them, He will try them tosee if they will withdraw their affections from the world and make their faith perfectby works.I saw that God’s hand was stretched out to gather in souls in the West. He has beenbringing out men who can teach the truth to others, whose duty it will be to bear themessage into new fields. I saw that if the men who have moved from the East to theWest and have endured the hardships of settling in a new country, receive present truthunderstandingly, they will manifest a perseverance and decision of character in regardto the truth, similar to that manifested in securing to themselves temporal possessions,and will engage as heartily in the work of advancing the truth. If this correspondingzeal is lacking, the truth has not yet had its saving, sanctifying influence upon them.I was pointed back to a meeting in—–. Brother P felt the burden of the cause, butR had a spirit of opposition. His testimony was not in union with the work of God,and he brought grief and burden upon those who were laboring for its advancement.But it would have been better for the cause had he been suffered a time longer, andthe brethren borne the confusion he caused. I saw that Brother P moved unwisely inhis case. It gave R and the enemies of our faith the advantage. Brother P should havewaited until R’s250