Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers - Ellen G. White

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shines." But not all are following the light. Some are moving away from the safe path, which at every step is a path of humility. God has committed to His servants a message for this time; but this message does not in every particular coincide with the ideas of all the leading men, and some criticize the message and the messengers. They dare even to reject the words of reproof sent to them from God through His Holy Spirit. What reserve power has the Lord with which to reach those who have cast aside His warnings and reproofs, and have accredited the testimonies of the Spirit of God to no higher source than human wisdom? In the judgment what can you who have done this offer to God as an excuse for turning from the evidences He has given you that God was in the work? "By their fruits ye shall know them." I would not now rehearse before you the evidences given in the past two years of the dealings of God by His chosen servants; but the present evidence of His working is revealed to you, and you are now 732
under obligation to believe. You cannot neglect God's messages of warning, and cannot reject them or treat them lightly, but at the peril of infinite loss. Debasing the Soul Caviling, ridicule, and misrepresentation can be indulged in only at the expense of the debasement of your own souls. The use of such weapons does not gain precious victories for you, but rather cheapens the mind and separates the soul from God. Sacred things are brought down to the level of the common, and a condition of things is created that pleases the prince of darkness and grieves away the Spirit of God. Caviling and criticism leave the soul as devoid of the dew of grace as the hills of Gilboa were destitute of rain. Confidence cannot be placed in the judgment of those who indulge in ridicule and misrepresentation. No weight can be attached to their advice or resolutions. You must bear the divine credentials before you make decided movements to shape the working of God's cause. 733
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TESTIMONIES TO MINISTERS Ellen G. W
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Ministers and all the church, let t
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allowed to influence our decisions
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oasting, with all his confederacy o
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Although Jesus Christ has passed in
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with Me where I am; that they may b
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angels of God were protecting them
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Jesus in as an abiding guest. How i
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truth as for hidden treasure. We wo
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came upon us in a marked manner, an
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As the development of the work call
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unsettle minds in regard to those t
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is God's order for them to strike o
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cherished view, never have occasion
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only in America, but in foreign fie
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compiled this pamphlet, I will give
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the children of men ever knew, pres
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many things clear to His disciples
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working along the lines where Chris
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unto him, Let Him be crucified?" Th
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those who keep the commandments of
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efore God as chosen and true, as in
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pamphlet called the Loud Cry, is a
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testify to falsehood, and not to tr
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work of those who are proclaiming f
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first the tares, and bind them in b
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Judas Given Opportunities Jesus kne
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that work in the church, and brings
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their treasures of light; and while
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and full display of the love of God
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as a system of priestcraft. From su
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church that has lived through perse
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and let no man, or confederacy of m
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endeavoring to put upon falsehood t
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efore the enemies of truth; and in
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published their theories and have d
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Babylon, and that all that would be
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do, you will do great injury to you
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"God has a church upon the earth wh
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her plagues come in one day, death,
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serve the Lord." "In the beginning
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The ideas of finite men were held a
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them cloven tongues like as of fire
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counted by the world as mere ignora
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Sadducees,)" who held that there wo
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But we see that the God of heaven s
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which are not vital points at all,
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hath God exalted with His right han
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Saviour, God in His mercy had sent
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The wrath of God is not declared ag
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carefully, solemnly, and the Holy S
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A Faithful Message Because iniquity
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who are entrusted with weighty resp
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whom God has commissioned to bear a
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"Behold, what manner of love the Fa
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spake often one to another: and the
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has sent. But who that looks upon t
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discern in them the alluring, decep
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We ask of those who have had great
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utters a similar warning, "Have no
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well of water, springing up into ev
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Communication of Light I state trut
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word of God and are doing despite t
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the redemption price of His own lif
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He testifieth; and no man receiveth
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people needed. Those who received t
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Never was there a time when the Lor
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I have no smooth message to bear to
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intent we should not lust after evi
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dancing, which ended in the shamefu
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"And he took the calf which they ha
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throughout the camp, and slay every
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to whom God had send it. When Jesus
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Chapter 3 The Holy Scriptures How s
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Him; He surprises us by revealing H
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that you sit down with him and make
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intellectual keenness and superiori
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We must study the truth for ourselv
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It is impossible for any mind to co
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There is need of a much closer stud
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word. The very name "Revelation" co
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A wonderful connection is seen betw
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Unconquerable Forces Waiting Those
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This is the suggestion that I made
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and laws, and to oppress the people
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it does not bear this test, it is n
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have the attributes that Christ had
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that His followers shall possess. A
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We are not Working Alone There is a
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waiting to meet our every effort an
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This is the word of the living God.
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it." Many houses now supposed to st
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any man hear His voice in the stree
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pleasure, and love of dress, they d
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cold nor hot, I will spew thee out
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I call upon all who have united in
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"And the third angel followed them,
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God. This made it necessary for the
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to death. Wherefore the children of
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God saw that a Sabbath was essentia
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truth, who are so blinded by the de
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His own received Him not. But as ma
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the week, to be observed as a holy
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are upon the face of the earth. The
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A Joking Minister What can the mini
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God would feel the burden of perish
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Holy Spirit, and in whose hearts th
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witness records, all their sins, bo
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transgression; but in a special sen
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thing to say of you"? Titus 2:6-8;
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in fitness for the heavenly mansion
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Bible religion is very scarce, even
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God think of this? Those who claim
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salvation of sinners; and when the
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with God alone in secret prayer for
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Bible religion never destroys human
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he sees the Lamb that was slain ple
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for personal holiness. Only by reve
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and sin will strengthen. This is wh
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are found complete in Him, not havi
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might be sanctified," by the perfec
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contained in the words of Paul, "Bu
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who are taken captive by him at his
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Him, each working in his appointed
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and opportunity, but we know not ho
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this. They handle sacred things as
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God has given us Jesus, and in Him
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Holy Spirit leading men to goodness
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their mold upon the work. A Consecr
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with a perfect heart and with a wil
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This promised blessing, if claimed
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experience. It is in this way that
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Chapter 7 Economy My mind has been
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put pride and worldly ambition enti
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money to gratify pride and love of
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adopting it. Americans can make the
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order to keep on an elevated standa
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purpose. The only cure for a useles
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e turned out of the way; but let it
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place men must accept the righteous
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Have we cooperated with divine agen
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those who are doing wrong as a vind
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is seeking to foster it in order th
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what the Lord would have you be. Th
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together, believing that God will k
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it shall be given him. But let him
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field, had he exerted his God-given
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we now have one. Physicians, too, w
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ennobled by the grace of God can be
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The Lord would have His people in t
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the truth. But the people of God ar
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sanitarium and Tabernacle have mani
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their ideas about foreign fields of
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which is in Judah. Who is there amo
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do something while the day lasts, a
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feeding upon the bread of life, and
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esults. This they are ready to do,
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How many have made earnest efforts
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great "I Am," and we must trust imp
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themselves between God, the great M
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esponsibilities be perfectly sure t
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The Lord does not need to send His
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preparing a way so that the work ma
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judgment? They may be in responsibl
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let the people understand their pla
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We thank God that our Sabbath schoo
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Creating Unnecessary Opposition I b
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cross of Calvary, to make clear the
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other better than themselves. Look
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orn, unto us a Son is given: and th
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have manifested these unpleasant ch
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God are Christ's purchased possessi
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springing up into everlasting life.
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ecome easily wrought up, who will c
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essential. And the truth must bind
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those who are still in darkness and
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highways and hedges with the procla
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they shall gather together His elec
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is the righteousness of Christ. It
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message, heard the invitation to th
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on the armor for action. What work
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esponsibilities entrusted to him; b
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Chapter 10 Right Methods, Principle
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as the meetings progressed. The div
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know His goings forth are prepared
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trees, strawberries, etc.; how they
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The cultivation of our lands requir
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We shall not see blackened ceilings
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As witnesses chosen of God, do we v
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The work before the servants of God
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then take a stand for Christ. Those
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him, and saved him out of all his t
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a mistake to think that one man's t
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period comes in the Southern States
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God's husbandry, ye are God's build
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hath not been emptied from vessel t
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taxation to the hearers who have to
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all its precious food, the bread of
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with His work. He does not teach us
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the sacred fire from the common. Th
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indulgence of a quick temper, a har
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tender of sheep as did Moses, and t
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unto your souls. For My yoke is eas
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destroying, as though they were fau
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to those who believe. They despise
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Said Christ, "Ye shall receive powe
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them if they would hear. One discou
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just the kind of material they feed
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down to their ideas and accept thei
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there is Satan working with those c
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meeting them day by day with appare
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Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebu
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words in which were no deceit, no u
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interests into the hands of unbelie
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Chapter 11 To Brethren in Responsib
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if entrusted with responsibility. T
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e serving God, are fast becoming gi
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Every day he must learn to become w
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as many as received Him, to them ga
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their leader they become more and m
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weighed in the balances, and art fo
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e ye have tasted that the Lord is g
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himself to prove whether he will wo
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soul; having your conversation hone
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expressed sentiment they cast doubt
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e known by the church the manifold
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God's work seek to bring the minds
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the statements of others do not agr
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unmistakable distinctness, represen
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wanted to leave the matter in such
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they can consult you, and ask what
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show our people the wants of the ca
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I have been shown that there is one
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has given them minds, and He means
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whom they think they can mold to wo
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Chapter 12 Means and Methods A Fait
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and have not kept them. Return unto
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"Will a man rob God? Yet ye have ro
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the new year making a faithful reco
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abundance of chaff is given to the
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ut to One whom you should ever reco
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efficiency and omnipotent power in
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A Special Danger of Extremes But wh
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your own wisdom is sufficient for y
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Lord. Canvassers can become acquain
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I have been shown that the most pre
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Chapter 13 Conference Officials Cou
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In Battle Creek you have evidence t
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esponsibilities given to a few men,
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shall not ravel out. Impartial and
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hearts before Him, empty your souls
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A Successful Businessman Daniel sou
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of God, talent will grow by being u
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either ministers or presidents of c
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trusted and sustained. They may go
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in righteousness: that the man of G
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controversy over the different posi
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The voice of one in authority spoke
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fled to their refuge, Jesus Christ.
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There are those, even among Seventh
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of confusion, is doing all things w
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certainly whence they came, or that
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heaven born, from the common. If we
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the flock of God must himself first
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and if the men who bear responsibil
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who shall stand by his side as coun
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Lord. Your weekly seasons of prayer
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the disciples, the workers raise th
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experimental knowledge of the truth
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labor and are heavy-laden, and I wi
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erring men take into their hands th
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I am urged by the Spirit of God to
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neck, and that he were drowned in t
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found thy works perfect before God.
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its side. In his weakness he cannot
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and let me not fall into the hand o
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Christlike sympathy and effort to p
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The Sacred and the Strange Fire He
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out of My mouth: it shall not retur
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manner on the plea that this must b
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of men. And when this is done, conf
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presidents of our conferences. If a
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hard feelings against God, and the
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anner they have chosen, restlessly
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light. God's eye alone discerns his
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from God. So with men. We receive f
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solemn, quiet dignity, He presses h
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of Christ are spoken just as verily
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esponsibilities as a counselor, eve
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pronounced: "Therefore it shall be,
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atonement, the redemption which Chr
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to depend upon the men who have all
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glorify God. Is the president of th
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our mental endowments, none of us c
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attention and hold the affections.
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work, we need not call men thousand
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The warnings given in the word of G
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there is no need for anyone to depe
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easts. For precept must be upon pre
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shall learn doctrine." Will these w
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individually, we are endeavoring to
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1890. I felt sorry when I read your
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presence, our thoughts are brought
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and ideas and actions. We are imbue
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the source of spiritual power impla
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Chapter 15 To God's Workmen A Repro
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converted and renovated; for they h
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lost time,--the Lord's precious tal
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the principles carried out! The wor
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There is a work to be done in the c
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Oh, if those who profess to know th
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The Lord calls for united action. W
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stop there. Seek to reach the highe
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strengthened. This has been a mista
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sacred institutions appointed by Go
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The Lord would have His people dive
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the Holy Spirit would give them lan
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As they assimilate their character
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There is danger now of men's losing
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has allowed wicked thoughts to stre
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with sanctified hearts, to hear wha
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possibly can, to deceive, if possib
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grieve His Holy Spirit, by casting
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Gather Up the Lights The purging an
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without price. Wherefore do ye spen
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The world needs evidences of sincer
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that they should have. The comprehe
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esult. In all our ways, in all our
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to be supreme in any one of our ins
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is to pass like a plowshare through
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identity that is our own. No one ca
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ack, My soul shall have no pleasure
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the necessities of the destitute. T
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Recent painful developments of evil
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How can they have any fear of God b
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faith, will have its corresponding
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will come to the self-indulgent, ta
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triumph over those who claim to be
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And the next scene is recorded, "Af
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this light was to shine forth to th
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Page 685 and 686: circumstances, who have been overco
Page 687 and 688: "Men of low degree are vanity, and
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Page 693 and 694: order to give us a title to the imm
Page 695 and 696: endowed with power from on high. Le
Page 697 and 698: sunrising). This mightiest of angel
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Page 715 and 716: edemption! Only be men, and then yo
Page 717 and 718: do for himself.-- Special Testimoni
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Page 721 and 722: y the Spirit of truth, are to bear
Page 723 and 724: November 3, 1890, while laboring at
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Page 739 and 740: heaven. The light which God has giv
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Page 743 and 744: eveals the true Sabbath reveals als
Page 745 and 746: come over to our side. "But before
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Page 751 and 752: It is right for the workers to coun
Page 753 and 754: eliever to obtain an individual exp
Page 755 and 756: shall walk, and not faint." In the
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Page 771 and 772: independently of any religious orga
Page 773 and 774: we must learn to stand alone, our f
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to work hopefully. Every hand shoul
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and who was unacquainted with the t
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"The Lord has given us the promise,
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lend with other minds. Let us cheri
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of leaders, to follow their own jud
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judgment: and the meek will He teac
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to the test of the law and the test
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"Floating rumors are often the dest
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latter rain." In the East the forme
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disciples prepared for the outpouri
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faith. We must seek His favors with
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olive trees by it, one upon the rig
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sink self out of sight in Jesus. We
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saith the Lord of hosts." Pray with
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The attitude that our representativ
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feel the deepest anxiety over the a
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not for you only, but also for othe
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for salvation, in the fullest, sure
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lessing than He gives His Son. Sata
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and thirst for it, not because we a
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Appendix Page 23. Pamphlets denounc
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1844, when christ did not come as w
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cents per week on each $100, which
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Church. With jealous care he guards
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Page 78. One institution seeking to
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Daniel the Prophet, published in 19
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Jemison told them that Rhodes had o
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Page 200. Movements to pay taxes on
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this communication addressed to the
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corresponding secretary, and (3) a
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in institutions: as explained in th
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Page 400. Do not colonize: the inte
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given to the message of righteousne
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apparent that Ellen White, in this
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