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Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

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duty take care of <strong>the</strong> health and strength which God has given <strong>the</strong>m. The Lord does notrequire <strong>the</strong>m just now to become martyrs to His cause. They will obtain no reward <strong>for</strong>making this sacrifice, <strong>for</strong> God wants <strong>the</strong>m to live. They can serve <strong>the</strong> cause of presenttruth far better by <strong>the</strong>ir lives than by <strong>the</strong>ir death. If any one of <strong>the</strong>se brethren should besuddenly prostrated by disease, no one should regard it as a direct judgment from <strong>the</strong>Lord. It will be only <strong>the</strong> sure result of <strong>the</strong> violation of nature’s laws. They should takeheed to <strong>the</strong> warning given, lest <strong>the</strong>y transgress and have to suffer <strong>the</strong> heavy penalty.I saw that <strong>the</strong>se brethren could benefit <strong>the</strong> cause of God by attending, as often aspracticable, convocation meetings at a distance from <strong>the</strong>ir place of labor. The workcommitted to <strong>the</strong>m is important, and <strong>the</strong>y need healthy nerves and brains; but it isimpossible <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir minds to be enlivened and invigorated as God would have <strong>the</strong>m,while <strong>the</strong>y are incessantly confined at <strong>the</strong> office. I was shown that it would be a benefitto <strong>the</strong> cause at large <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>se men, standing at <strong>the</strong> head of <strong>the</strong> work at Battle Creek, tobecome acquainted with <strong>the</strong>ir brethren abroad by associating with <strong>the</strong>m in meeting. Itwill give <strong>the</strong> brethren abroad confidence in those who are bearing <strong>the</strong> responsibilities of<strong>the</strong> work, and will relieve <strong>the</strong>se brethren of <strong>the</strong> taxation upon <strong>the</strong> brain, and will make<strong>the</strong>m better acquainted with <strong>the</strong> progress of <strong>the</strong> work and <strong>the</strong> wants of <strong>the</strong> cause. It willenliven <strong>the</strong>ir hope, renew <strong>the</strong>ir faith, and increase <strong>the</strong>ir courage. Time thus taken willnot be lost, but will be spent to <strong>the</strong> very best advantage. These brethren have qualitieswhich render <strong>the</strong>m in <strong>the</strong> highest degree capable of enjoying social life. They wouldenjoy <strong>the</strong>ir stay at <strong>the</strong> homes of brethren abroad, and would benefit and be benefitedby interchange of thought and views.Especially do I appeal to Bro<strong>the</strong>r C to change his course of life. He cannot exerciseas o<strong>the</strong>rs in <strong>the</strong> office can. Indoor, sedentary employment is preparing him <strong>for</strong> a suddenbreakdown.516

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