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It is only as we do this that His prospering hand can be with us.
Consider God’s dealings with His people in the past. Notice how,
while they carried His banner, He exalted them before their enemies.
But when in self-exaltation they departed from their allegiance, when
they exalted a power and a principle that were opposed to Him, they
were left to bring upon themselves disaster and defeat.
Consider the experience of Daniel. When called to stand before
King Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel did not hesitate to acknowledge the
source of his wisdom. Did that faithful recognition of God detract
from Daniel’s influence in the king’s court? By no means; it was
the secret of his power; it secured for him favor in the eyes of the
ruler of Babylon. In God’s name Daniel made known to the king the
heaven-sent messages of instruction, warning, and rebuke, and he was
not repulsed. Let God’s workers of today read the firm, bold testimony
of Daniel and follow his example.
Never does man show greater folly than when he seeks to secure
acceptance and recognition in the world by sacrificing in any degree
the allegiance and honor due to God. When we place ourselves where
God cannot co-operate with us, our strength will be found weakness.
All that is ever done toward restoring the image of God in man is done
because God is the efficiency of the worker. It is His power alone
that can restore the body, energize the mind, or renew the soul. In our
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publishing work, as in every other line of effort or Christian living,
will be demonstrated the truth of Christ’s words: “Without Me ye can
do nothing.”
John 15:5
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God has given to men immortal principles, to which every human
power will one day bow. He calls upon us to give to the world, by
precept and by example, a demonstration of these principles. To those
who honor Him by a faithful adherence to His word, the result will be
glorious. It means much to stand by principles that will live through
the eternal ages.
Personal Experience Needed by Workers
The editors of our periodicals, the teachers in our schools, the
presidents of our conferences, all need to drink of the pure streams of
the river of the water of life. All need to understand more fully the
words spoken by our Lord to the Samaritan woman: “If thou knewest