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When the Holy Spirit is poured out, there will be a triumph of
humanity over prejudice in seeking the salvation of the souls of human
beings. God will control minds. Human hearts will love as Christ
loved. And the color line will be regarded by many very differently
from the way in which it is now regarded. To love as Christ loves, lifts
the mind into a pure, heavenly, unselfish atmosphere.—
Testimonies
for the Church 9:209
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Approach God as One Brotherhood
When the Holy Spirit moves upon human minds, all petty com-
plaints and accusations between man and his fellow man will be put
away. The bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness will shine into
the chambers of the mind and heart. In our worship of God there will
be no distinction between rich and poor, white and black. All preju-
dice will be melted away. When we approach God, it will be as one
brotherhood. We are pilgrims and strangers, bound for a better country,
even a heavenly. There all pride, all accusation, all self-deception,
will forever have an end. Every mask will be laid aside, and we shall
“see him as he is.” There our songs will catch the inspiring theme, and
praise and thanksgiving will go up to God.—
The Review and Herald,
October 24, 1899, p. 677
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Excerpts From the Appeal of March 20, 1891
The Lord Jesus came to our world to save men and women of
all nationalities. He died just as much for the colored people as for
the white race. Jesus came to shed light over the whole world. At
the beginning of His ministry He declared His mission: “The Spirit
of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the
gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set
at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the
Lord”....
“Who,” says Paul, “maketh thee to differ?” The God of the white
man is the God of the black man, and the Lord declares that His love
for the least of His children exceeds that of a mother for her beloved
child....