Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

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Chapter 3 Selling the Birthright Dear Brother D: I have been designing to write to you for some time, but our labors have been so constant and wearing that I have had no time nor strength to do so. In my last vision your case was shown me. You were in a critical condition. You knew the truth, you understood your duty, and you had rejoiced in the light of the truth; but because it interfered with your worldly pursuits, you were about to sacrifice truth and duty to your own convenience. You were looking at your own present pecuniary advantage and losing sight of the eternal weight of glory. You were about to make an immense sacrifice for the flattering prospect of present gain. You were just upon the point of selling your birthright for a mess of pottage. Had you turned from the truth for earthly gain, it would not have been a sin of ignorance on your part, but a willful transgression. 52
Esau lusted for a favorite dish, and sacrificed his birthright to gratify appetite. After his lustful appetite had been gratified he saw his folly, but found no space for repentance though he sought it carefully and with tears. There are very many who are like Esau. He represents a class who have a special, valuable blessing within their reach,—the immortal inheritance, life that is as enduring as the life of God, the Creator of the universe, happiness immeasurable, and an eternal weight of glory,—but who have so long indulged their appetites, passions, and inclinations, that their power to discern and appreciate the value of eternal things is weakened. Esau had a special, strong desire for a particular article of food, and he had so long gratified self that he did not feel the necessity of turning from the tempting, coveted dish. He thought upon it, making no special effort to restrain his appetite, until the power of appetite bore down every other consideration and controlled him, and he imagined that he would suffer great inconvenience, and even death, if he could not have that particular dish. The 53
Page 1 and 2: TESTIMONIES FOR THE CHURCH, VOLUME
Page 3 and 4: On the evening of February 5 Brothe
Page 5 and 6: I then held up my hands, calloused
Page 7 and 8: hearing from Tuscola, we decided to
Page 9 and 10: speak, and we saw good fruit of our
Page 11 and 12: came in with her husband and manife
Page 13 and 14: matter wonderfully magnified and wr
Page 15 and 16: eceive the needed reproof, and humb
Page 17 and 18: we could not think it possible for
Page 19 and 20: want of spiritual exercise. They st
Page 21 and 22: They are severe with those who mani
Page 23 and 24: in particular the following points:
Page 25 and 26: May 2 we met a large congregation a
Page 27 and 28: Chapter 2 Doing for Christ From wha
Page 29 and 30: affliction, and to keep himself uns
Page 31 and 32: ooms were unoccupied, I had not whe
Page 33 and 34: case, is not because of their great
Page 35 and 36: to it. Our heavenly Father lays ble
Page 37 and 38: house, and deal thy bread to the hu
Page 39 and 40: taketh away the sins of the world.
Page 41 and 42: you will Jesus say: "Inasmuch as ye
Page 43 and 44: Who should know how the widow shoul
Page 45 and 46: deal thy bread to the hungry, and t
Page 47 and 48: If you engage in this work of mercy
Page 49 and 50: those who make great pretensions to
Page 51: you have ever yet made. It is not m
Page 55 and 56: Under the parable of a great supper
Page 57 and 58: hand, make him an heir of the world
Page 59 and 60: ut ye have set at nought all My cou
Page 61 and 62: them. "Thou shalt love thy neighbor
Page 63 and 64: world. You are not to follow their
Page 65 and 66: is covered with reproach and shame,
Page 67 and 68: eceiveth the prize? So run, that ye
Page 69 and 70: privation, and sorrow it will be a
Page 71 and 72: Search carefully. We are doing up w
Page 73 and 74: prayer she cast her burden upon the
Page 75 and 76: dislikes, and has permitted this un
Page 77 and 78: As Sister F has seen a selfish spir
Page 79 and 80: you to work upon the hearts you are
Page 81 and 82: [or woman] among you seem to be rel
Page 83 and 84: Chapter 5 Selfishness and World Lov
Page 85 and 86: and there will be no light, and to
Page 87 and 88: patient forbearance? Hatred lives i
Page 89 and 90: Your children, and all other childr
Page 91 and 92: the sanctified, the pure and holy.
Page 93 and 94: that will hinder the growth of grac
Page 95 and 96: animal wants to be supplied; but be
Page 97 and 98: free use of flesh meats to have an
Page 99 and 100: market produces in them disease; an
Page 101 and 102: Tea and coffee do not nourish the s
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order and strict cleanliness in all
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lood. This has laid a heavy tax on
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your diet. In order to gratify the
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eating or drinking destroys health,
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Lord with all our heart, mind, soul
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ut you do not hang all your weight
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considered not His own convenience.
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transmitted to them, and their educ
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and also to aid others; but you sho
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is selfish. He loves his home, love
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self and selfishness under our feet
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faithful in deal, thorough in labor
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e different in your family. "Whatso
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middle-aged and the aged. There is
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Burden Bearer; tell it all to Jesus
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feel that need. If you see your pov
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honorable in all your labor, and cl
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loved. You are an extremist. You ar
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Cease finding fault and scolding yo
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and wrongs of professed Sabbathkeep
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character even at your advanced age
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Chapter 11 A Violated Conscience De
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make you believe that you are past
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having no power of endurance. You h
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partakers of the divine nature, hav
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Chapter 12 Warnings and Reproofs De
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which was in the system. Your offsp
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een displeased and dishonored by yo
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would cause the blood to become imp
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their ways to Him He would bring th
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taxing effort is required on his pa
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individuality. God has claims upon
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have Christ, or the world?" Satan p
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God's Spirit is striving with this
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influence they exert. They either g
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have not seen, and yet have believe
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saints. He does not exert his power
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Because of Israel's disobedience an
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Moses gave Joshua directions to fig
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Commandments in the audience of all
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heart, and when you thought your wr
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make a lie. If your whole interest
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should carefully examine themselves
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Chapter 14 Moving to Battle Creek I
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they would be out of place. They do
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set before Christ, which sustained
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Chapter 15 Caution to Ministers In
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should study to close the discourse
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Chapter 16 Look to Jesus In the vis
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a greater work must be done, and lo
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inging their sheaves with them. Min
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lived in a corrupt age, when moral
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walk in the light. The spirit, wisd
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efore Him? Will they, with great hu
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led by Him, He would make them a pr
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Some do not manifest a desire to kn
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unstable as water; they have no ide
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As a general thing, the young among
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perish. He will be my crown of rejo
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wavering. For he that wavereth is l
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The sin which is indulged to the gr
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turn they exert the same beneficial
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heavenly Father. Brother B, the Lor
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Love is power. Intellectual and mor
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measure ye mete, it shall be measur
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Chapter 19 Amusements at the Instit
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Whatever others in the church or in
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Dear Brother D has not understood t
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Chapter 20 Neglect of Hannah More I
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usefulness open to her, have been s
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more treacherous than the deceitful
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sympathies of such are wrought upon
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Christ. While others are panting af
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Chapter 21 Prayers for the Sick In
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delight to know My ways, as a natio
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sees it will best honor Him, He wil
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to curse Him with their lives of vi
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eproach and shame, be peculiar, and
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lack of energy. I saw that unless y
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Nazareth, and also the history of M
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over errors and sins in this direct
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given in their hearing general prin
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you to redeem the past, and to come
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Chapter 24 Oppressing the Hireling
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epented of and restitution made. On
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motives and actions. I was shown Br
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een gained by you in this way, if r
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"Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath
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word of God. 279
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The evil traits in your character m
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eligious experience. You have had a
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force and strength that you had not
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Chapter 26 Burden Bearers in the Ch
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and unbelief. You have an individua
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honor God with your influence and y
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other interest should be inferior t
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spirit of love, no one can be like
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should be very jealous for the hono
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close observer of all that concerns
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I commend this to you in the fear o
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of sanctification. Your parents hav
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through your influence and example.
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the self-righteousness so hard to b
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praise, and expressions calculated
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despised cross, and follow Him. Can
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the salvation of souls, death is do
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it uncalled for. You, Sister O, hav
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the footsteps of S, and unless your
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self-sacrifice. They would not subm
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heavenly treasure. If the prize of
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precious than fine gold, even than
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frequently talks at random. Sometim
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selfishness. The mind is devoted to
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I was shown that Brother V should s
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in obtaining spiritual knowledge an
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of strength. Jesus has left us word
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If such had only known that the wor
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e again disappointed. We need not b
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unceasing watchfulness, for now the
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attention of worldlings is turned t
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ourselves. We are uneasy and greatl
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Then their interest and hearts will
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in mind, and could in a small degre
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difficult, in this corrupt age, to
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obbery to be equal with God: but ma
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seeking from His Father fresh suppl
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master, and the servant as his lord
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voice, He went a little distance fr
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found them sleeping. Their eyes wer
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Christ had told them before that th
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from every lacerated vein. All this
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Himself He cannot save. If He be th
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the gloom of the terrible hour. The
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een His joy to obey. He is not chee
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paid for his redemption! When men a
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world, our thoughts and imagination
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dear sake, have suffered equally, s
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In comparison with the enterprise o
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Chapter 30 Warnings to the Church D
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Jesus will not force open the door.
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neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoic
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did you rejoice? We tried to arouse
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at once. He possesses in his organi
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Life or death is before you. You sh
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darkness, they tempt the devil to t
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do good, were you living for God. Y
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only harm should be devoted to pray
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Chapter 31 Contemplating Marriage I
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heart to subdue you could not be br
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world is increasing upon you. Caref
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ise again, that mortality will be s
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here. She has almost supreme love f
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a large portion of the time be spen
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ones into the path of life. Eternal
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seen in every work. Christian zeal
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Brother F, you do not honor your pr
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influence will tell. Most of the fa
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who love the society of pleasure se
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steadfastness by the jeers and scof
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the earth. He believes the truth, h
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joy and happiness of those around t
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you a new man. The means which came
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this world," says the apostle, "tha
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will have close work if you save yo
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not merely to engage his brain, bon
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You occupy a position where others
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Each should diligently and interest
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influence if they will cease their
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will only train your mind to run in
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You have a diseased imagination. Yo
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You have been entrusted with talent
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keep their Master's talents unimpro
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managed as they were previous to th
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Chapter 37 Severity in Family Gover
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would have enabled you to obtain th
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of you are stewards. To each is com
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unconsecrated are exerting an influ
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God would not have His people expen
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and reign. Shortsighted mortals do
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have frequently done, do you consid
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heaven than you. But she is dying b
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than it has hitherto been. Make it
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You cannot serve God and mammon. Yo
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ecause the whole force of our being
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Professed Christians, worldly Chris
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were they as ambitious, zealous, an
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translated and not be overwhelmed w
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Chapter 39 Deceitfulness of Riches
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efine, but not to consume and destr
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trust in God. And the manifestation
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O my dear sister, if you could only
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that deceived community, and you le
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The praise of God was in your heart
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God, to devote their lives to His g
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wonderful way in which God had led
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faith. Had they done this at an ear
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from God. The means entrusted to yo
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would blush to meet again. Said the
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evils you had marked in others. God
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The above view was given December 2
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appeals had not a doubt of your hon
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those who need to be helped, and ca
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een faithful over a few things, I w
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happiness unalloyed, and an eternal
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whisper. He has legions of angels t
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Chapter 40 Self Deceived Youth Brot
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channel which is corrupt. A self-de
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the law of God, and in comparing yo
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God, and put it away; you failed to
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jesting and sporting with men and w
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God now calls upon you to repent, t
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The works of holiness, which appear
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you hear the voice of the True Shep
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Chapter 42 Duties of the Husband an
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y the desires and claims of her chi
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do much for those who are lacking i
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God. You have dishonored yourself,
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of God of great price. You have pos
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imagination creates a husband for t
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precious. We wish to help you. I sa
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notwithstanding the deep wrong you
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preserved. But he surrendered this
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progress is fearful. Professed Sabb
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act for yourself. "I am a young man
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presented before me in vision who n
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obedience would bring the desired r
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should bear in mind that God requir
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overcome every imperfection, and fi
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no one your difficulties, but us. M
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Chapter 44 The Unruly Member Dear S
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husband and child. You should study
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As a family, you need to be sanctif
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your profession. 567
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You have thought that your life has
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You have tried to do right, and God
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need not injure; if you are guarded
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Chapter 47 A Forgetful Hearer Dear
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wrought in your soul. You have clot
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Chapter 48 Remedy for Sentimentalis
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and mingled in society which was co
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directed in a wrong channel. You no
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and actions, will give free and vig
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is quite enterprising, and with rig
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sympathy. All who profess to have a
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Call to mind your former wretchedne
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But every man's work is to be teste
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You, my brother and sister, can enj
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elatives were not allowed to take t
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to have these truths inwrought in t
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drowns them in perdition. Oh, why s
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Ministers must be imbued with the s
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aim to converse with all the member
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work too much in their own strength
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example and influence might never d
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themselves by attending school and
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way to life. Ministers should give
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unlearned and ignorant men; but gra
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I accept an offering at your hand."
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Chapter 51 Moral Pollution “I hav
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mind. Man, the noblest being upon t
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terrible admission for any person t
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godliness and talk of translation t
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left the burden with the Lord and r
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This is not a solitary case. Even t
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decidedly affect their physical, in
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Has Jesus given Himself for us? Has
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are prepared to see the King in His
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of living that you cannot give us t
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uncertainty, no risk, in the matter
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"What business is it to anybody wha
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can select family after family of c
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The minds of some of these children
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do, or all it should do, the rest o
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you say it is more food that is wan
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But even health reformers can err i
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acknowledges as His. We are dealing
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eat just such an amount and just su
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affectionate like our divine Lord.
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quantities of sugar. I asked him wh
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are teaching them the art of cooker
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stomach and said: "I will not taste
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not know how to cook, I advise you
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discourses given. Do you think that
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My voice shall be raised against no
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spirit of reformation may spread al
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taste is consulted instead of reaso
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easoning from cause to effect. Befo
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parents. They must have a bad inher
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feebleness, misery, and death are t
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of food of the most nourishing qual
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Diseased children are born because
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y other hands than her own, plain c
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hands must be men who have been mar
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their extreme views, whatever the r
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for himself which no one else can d
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Jesus, and has known that his words
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is such that he will be picking fla
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The Lord has given me a view of som
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sins of the parents will be visited
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the will of God, and His blessing h
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some leading brother. If he departs
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Satan because they remain at such a
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The Lord made ample provision for y
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learn to refuse the evil and choose
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yourselves in the love of God and t
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giving light in regard to the restr
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When you, Sister E, absent yourself
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and he that is filthy, let him be f
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children, and constant employment,
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and its results. His mind is debase
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not control your body as it is your
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community, and their pernicious inf
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would counteract the pernicious inf
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in the channel of purity and holine
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already. Young girls are not as a g
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of God. This book contains the most
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and appropriate it to yourself. Bre
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efforts to dispose of it, and then
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ecause they will not deny their app
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purer order than exists in the low
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to saunter off in pursuit of your o
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her attention to your comfort, is a
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differ, you have been forward to dw
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up and speaking a few words to the
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Chapter 56 Importance of Self Gover
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journey, you would have become disc
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perdition. The Lord has brought you
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eady to question or condemn the cou
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change must take place in you. You
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did not retaliate. "Who, when He wa
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own powers. She has not encouraged
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unless your purposes are strong eno
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your mind to present duties, and ch
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Jesus loves you both and will save
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their duty to do. I was shown that
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could not be earned so easily, but
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fortitude. Be a woman, not a capric
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upon yourself. Cultivate a contente
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wants you to be a faithful steward
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of healing. Wherever you can yield
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called the children of God." Let no
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You err in your course toward your
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warn the people of danger have give
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knowledge of a better way. Christ's
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not the burden of the work. The sol
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The words which Christ addressed to
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oot in themselves. I inquired what
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surmisings, and every hateful and a
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and hope, confess their sins, and h
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are violating their consciences, ha
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The case of N. Fuller has caused me
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Seventh-day Adventists, who profess
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upon their heinous sin; thousands f
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eproach His cause and His people, w
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forever debar them from heaven, wit
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I was referred to this scripture: "
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other's society. Women professing g
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A preacher may be dealing in sacred
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advantage of the confidence his pos
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standard of your dignified, virtuou
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them on to be a proverb in the mout
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should closely investigate their li
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to preserve its purity and sanctity
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The truth of the matter is, if they
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husbands because the larger portion
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to do others good and yet are ready
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to gain applause, to obtain credit
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mothers in Israel are wanted at thi
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to the most solemn, impressive disc
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system is great. The fine nerves of
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Christ, to them that have obtained
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they should in the married life. Th
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pure love which actuates a man to m
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in his eyes. He sees her dragged do
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kind manner, remind him that God ha
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the divine nature, having escaped t
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character? May the Lord open the ey
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mind must be maintained; and we mus
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image upon their children. Because
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their labor? No, no! Yet the parent
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sentimentalism, and the truth has n
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character of the work as they have
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take the place of pride, and haught
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he was not nourished, and he though
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in eating a fattened turkey or othe
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dictated by an enlightened conscien
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Chapter 60 A Cross in Accepting the
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Its purity and exalted character ar
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language of my heart is: Let me be
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neither the things that are in the
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pen to write, your cases have been
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advantages they hope to gain they w
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subservient to the eternal. Listen
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decorations yet destitute of the he
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suffered on account of it; they hav
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Some might now have been thorough w
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profession and maintain a becoming
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hath been hid from ages and from ge
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that it must go forward, are doing
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It is not pleasing to Him to see th
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They have occasionally a flight of
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judgment confront with reproaches o
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The reason why ministers of Christ
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they obeyed Him. He was unsullied w
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whom also we have access by faith i
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I have been shown that many are in
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wish to arrive at the perfection of
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their guilt, and are so intent upon
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know of the doctrine." He shall kno
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everything moves smoothly, they may
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in His cause and work. There should
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They are not established, strengthe
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the treasury; and they have robbed
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entire being; like a loadstone they
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carelessness. Their efforts are rig
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might be filled with all the fullne
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and lead to forgetfulness of God an
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Continued inactivity is one of the
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The season most to be dreaded by on
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to exercise in the open air as much
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to deprive ourselves of things that
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and bodies of men steeped in tobacc
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action, for it is impossible to go
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lungs or stomach, is diseased. Judi
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In order to follow the fashions, mo
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if chilly, she bundles up in more w
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useful members of society. You shou
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can but die. And what if you do die
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lives, and they cannot readily over
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We see sallow complexions and groan
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life to eat at some tables the heav
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Chapter 63 Selfishness Rebuked Dear
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influence had been a blighting curs
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the high calling they profess to ha
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that you are both physically better
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oom and credit according to your ab
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saving souls will feel a burden for
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sacrifice and of devotion to the ca
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you. Your wife has been reluctant t
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he will ruin more souls than he can
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please God, having an eye single to
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usiness, and faithful in the perfor
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They look with selfish eyes on thei
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things are called to be pure in hea
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Chapter 64 Fanaticism and Ignorance
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upon a level with common things, an
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the souls whom they secure. They ha
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denominations of the day are accept
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experience in the spiritual life. Y
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abused. You exaggerated, and she wa
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your mind has been fascinated by im
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committed are all registered there.
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leave you a miserable wreck, withou
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lowliness and meekness. You will ha
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duties, and take up the burdens, of
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to glory and honor in the better li
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sensitive and naturally jealous, th
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you, and learn of Me; for I am meek
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ministered unto, instead of ministe
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positively urged by a protracted ef
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therefore the Lord has suffered you
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with prayers and tears, yet sent wi
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you to develop the traits in your c
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eing enraged or becoming insane. If
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privileged to enjoy. Thus the chara
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enefits on the right hand and on th
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lessings of more value than all the
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Chapter 70 Social Meetings I recent
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all their relatives and friends. Th
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interesting. A living experience is
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occasion He wrought a miracle to fe
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made in the Spirit. The yearning so
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Chapter 71 How Shall We Keep the Sa
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During a portion of the day, all sh
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change will have a happy influence
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to God for the impressions they mak
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vanity and folly permit their minds
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origin! It is true that the world d
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to worship the talent which can pro
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presented to us. This cup of salvat
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great humiliation on his part to ac
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everything that is worth having? Is
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when you fall into darkness. Praise
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wall, to save ourselves from fallin
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the war song and the dance song. We
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anxious inquiry. Should the cord br
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Chapter 74 Our Camp Meetings There
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estimate of the blessings which he
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enefits on the right hand and on th
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the riches and pleasures and glorie
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thoroughly wearied out when they co
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understood, and practiced are entir
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Chapter 75 A Solemn Dream On the ni
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I took the precious Bible and surro
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I said further: As the word of God
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If the people who now profess to be
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everything in this age is glossed a
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Chapter 76 Manners and Dress of Min
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elevating truth he teaches, that a
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in their hearing His holy law. What
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e holy; that it must be free from e
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appearance affected the people unfa
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preachers and come down to the same
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vocal organs by their manner of spe
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make the essential points of presen
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God. We are so far beneath Him and
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Inquire into the health of their so
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spoken in general terms in referenc
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Christ, and the neglect of your dut
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influence, and deprive themselves o
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their side and have bowels of sympa
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first. The cause of God does not li
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had been most liberal to him. This
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are a transformed man. The neglect
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paying their dues, and encouraging
Page 1133 and 1134:
souls, means will not be withheld f
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conscientious, God-fearing man. God
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Chapter 78 The Cause in Vermont I h
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emained as faithful witnesses, thei
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may be warned and left without excu
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they will follow. They will conside
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Battle Creek; the more the brethren
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e glorified. God wants men at Battl
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Where were the men to be depended u
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those who are sanctified by it. Bro
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in their pathway. The common, every
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and shut out the bright sunlight fr
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the wants of the people. He should
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cause. Brother J. N. Andrews has er
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has become rusty in the work of God
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cause. The ministers engaged in thi
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cannot be turned out of a certain c
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influence in the world, nor do they
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strengthen the things that remain b
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A minister of Christ, a teacher of
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denial and the cross lie directly i
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The earth is the Lord's, and all th
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men and in the advancement of His c
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in their own hands that which God h
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interests. Many love the truth a li
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Many have such a constant care for
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Those who have property and whose m
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are the more wealthy. They do not s
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influence and means are continually
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contrary unto you." Those who are s
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that God has given them in blessing
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enevolence, that interest in the wo
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the treasury of God, they will use
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servant into outer darkness: there
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with Him, He will give every man ac
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talents have been abused. The inqui
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as the Lord would have it. He desig
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possible, ministers should avoid ap
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eached and prepared by several mind
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to maintain a system which, in itse
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The apostle counsels his Corinthian
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mind that their work is to do all i
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means to do so. When the Lord calls
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claims upon him, then he can choose
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Chapter 79 Transferring Earthly Tre
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compassion has not been stirred to
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ich in good works. The love of this
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promises. The poor man who has fait
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To obtain wealth by unjust dealing,
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night. Many do not manifest an earn
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say, "Give an account of thy stewar
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not take a right view of the prepar
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Chapter 80 No Probation after Chris
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the sincerity of the prayers of all
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affections are more upon your earth
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works are not wrought in God. Light
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the mandate will go forth: "He that
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lose, by yielding obedience to Chri
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attention was arrested and who were
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neglect to follow the light that sh
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Chapter 81 Accountability for Light
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no words of commendation for those
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in this state. The lower passions b
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A great reform is needed in Brother
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Many things are needed in the famil
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to your family. You have not been a
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your children and enjoin upon them
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that we refrain from physical labor
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those who engage in worldly convers
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Dear Brother P, you should at all t
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unto death, and to the other the sa
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mercifully borne with your backward
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ministers to discourage and counter
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seen; souls are saved through their
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with one half the effort that has b
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