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and their lives. Are we in this last conflict of the great controversy as
faithful to our trust as were the early Reformers to theirs?
In the face of persecution and death, the truth for that time was
spread far and near. The word of God was carried to the people; all
classes, high and low, rich and poor, learned and ignorant, studied
it eagerly, and those who received the light became in their turn its
messengers. In those days the truth was brought home to the people
through the press. Luther’s pen was a power, and his writings, scattered
broadcast, stirred the world. The same agencies are at our command,
with facilities multiplied a hundredfold. Bibles, publications in many
languages, setting forth the truth for this time, are at our hand and can
be swiftly carried to all the world. We are to give the last warning of
God to men, and what should be our earnestness in studying the Bible,
and our zeal in spreading the light!
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