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Memoirs of William Miller - Sylvester Bliss

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with such union.<br />

“All union consists in a sacrifice <strong>of</strong> individual<br />

prepossessions for the common good. Those who<br />

love the peace <strong>of</strong> Zion more than they do their<br />

private opinions will be prompt thus to unite.<br />

Those who love self more than they do the general<br />

good will contend for their own selfish ends. Any<br />

doctrine, however plausible to the human mind,<br />

which tends to divide true Christians, cannot be <strong>of</strong><br />

God. We cannot be the disciples <strong>of</strong> Christ, unless<br />

we love one another, and faithfully labor to keep<br />

the unity <strong>of</strong> the Spirit in the bond <strong>of</strong> peace. And,<br />

therefore, those who seek to produce disorder and<br />

confusion, contrary to the doctrine <strong>of</strong> Christ,<br />

cannot be true friends <strong>of</strong> the cause.<br />

“The union that prevailed at the Albany<br />

Conference was what should ever characterize the<br />

children <strong>of</strong> God. They laid aside their prejudices,<br />

and acted for the general good; and the Adventists,<br />

as a body, approve <strong>of</strong> their doings. What, then,<br />

shall we think <strong>of</strong> the efforts <strong>of</strong> any who seek to<br />

undermine the counsels which there prevailed?<br />

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