Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

is a thorough work accomplished for them, they will be weighed in the balance andfound wanting.I was shown that you seek to throw the result of your wrongs upon others, but asa watchman God holds you responsible. You have most humble confessions to makein—–,—–,—–, and other places where your influence has been exerted in oppositionto God’s servants. Brother and Sister B have been greatly injured by this fanaticism.They have been embarrassed temporally as well as spiritually, and nearly ruined bythis deception of Satan. Brother G, you have run to great lengths in this sad fanaticism;your body has been affected as well as your mind, and you now seek to charge it allupon others. You have not a true sense of your position and course in the past. Youare free to confess that which others have done, and that which you did not do; but youhave failed to confess that which you did do.Your influence in—–has been injurious. You were opposed to organization, andpreached against it in an indefinite manner, not so boldly as some might have done,but you went just as far as you dared to go. In this way you have many times gratifiedyour envious feelings, and created distrust and uncertainty in the minds of many, whenif you had come out openly, you would have been plainly understood and could havedone but little mischief. When charged with advocating sentiments contrary to thefaith of the body, you would not acknowledge it, but mystified your position, and madeit appear that the brethren misunderstood you, when you know that the charge wascorrect. As you now are, the church cannot depend on you. When you manifest thefruits of an entire reform, and give evidence that you are converted, and have overcomeyour jealousy, then God will again trust His flock to your care. But until you makethorough restitution, you will exert the best influence by staying at home, and being“not slothful in business.”By your noncommittal position, and by your course in317