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Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers - Ellen G. White

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do, you will do great injury <strong>to</strong> yourself <strong>and</strong> <strong>to</strong><br />

others. Do not seek <strong>to</strong> misinterpret, <strong>and</strong> twist, <strong>and</strong><br />

pervert the <strong>Testimonies</strong> <strong>to</strong> substantiate any such<br />

message of error. Many have passed over this<br />

ground, <strong>and</strong> have done great harm. As others have<br />

started up full of zeal <strong>to</strong> proclaim this message,<br />

again <strong>and</strong> again, I have been shown that it was not<br />

truth.<br />

"I underst<strong>and</strong> that you are also proclaiming that<br />

we should not pay tithe. My brother, take 'off thy<br />

shoes from off thy feet;' for the place whereon you<br />

are st<strong>and</strong>ing is holy ground. The Lord has spoken<br />

in regard <strong>to</strong> paying tithes. He has said, 'Bring ye all<br />

the tithes in<strong>to</strong> the s<strong>to</strong>rehouse, that there may be<br />

meat in Mine house, <strong>and</strong> prove Me now herewith,<br />

saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the<br />

windows of heaven, <strong>and</strong> pour you out a blessing,<br />

that there shall not be room enough <strong>to</strong> receive it.'<br />

But while He pronounces a blessing upon those<br />

who bring in their tithes, He pronounces a curse<br />

upon those who withhold them. Very recently I<br />

have had direct light from the Lord upon this<br />

question, that many Seventh-day Adventists were<br />

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