Chapter 3—The Foundations, Pillars, and
Landmarks
Early Workers to Speak—God has given me light regarding our
periodicals. What is it?—He has said that the dead are to speak.
How?—Their works shall follow them. We are to repeat the words
of the pioneers in our work, who knew what it cost to search for the
truth as for hidden treasure, and who labored to lay the foundation of
our work. They moved forward step by step under the influence of
the Spirit of God. One by one these pioneers are passing away. The
word given me is, Let that which these men have written in the past be
reproduced. And in the Signs of the Times let not the articles be long
or the print fine. Do not try to crowd everything into one number of
the paper. Let the print be good, and let earnest, living experiences be
put into the paper.
Not long ago I took up a copy of the Bible Echo. [
The Bible Echo,
sometimes referred to as the Echo, was issued in Australia in 1885 as
a weekly missionary paper. In 1903 it became The Australian Signs of
the Times.
] As I looked it through, I saw an article by Elder Haskell
and one by Elder Corliss. As I laid the paper down, I said, These
articles must be reproduced. There is truth and power in them. Men
spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
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Let the truths that are the foundation of our faith be kept before
the people. Some will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing
spirits and doctrines of devils. They talk science, and the enemy comes
in and gives them an abundance of science; but it is not the science of
salvation. It is not the science of humility, of consecration, or of the
sanctification of the Spirit. We are now to understand what the pillars
of our faith are,—the truths that have made us as a people what we are,
leading us on step by step.—
The Review and Herald, May 25, 1905
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The Message to Present—Our lesson for the present time is, How
may we most clearly comprehend and present the gospel that Christ
came in person to present to John on the Isle of Patmos,—the gospel
that is termed “the revelation of Jesus Christ”? We are to present to
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