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in the mountain. Thus He drew the people to Him. Are we greater
than our Lord? Was His way the right way? Have we been working
unwisely in maintaining simplicity and godliness? We have not learned
our lesson yet as we should. Christ declares, Take My yoke of restraint
and obedience upon you, and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For
My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.—
Letter 140, 1898
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Molding and Correcting in Christ’s Service—The work of the
disciples needed molding and correcting by tenderest discipline, and
by opening to others a knowledge of the word they themselves had
received; and Christ gave them special instruction in regard to their
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course of action and their work. In His own life He had given them
an example of strict conformity to the rules which He now laid down
for them. They were not to enter into controversies; this was not
their work. They were to reveal and advocate the truth in their own
characters, through earnest prayer and meditation revealing personal
experience in genuine Christianity. This would be in decided contrast
to the religion of the Pharisees and Sadducees. They were to call the
attention of their hearers to greater truths yet to be revealed. They
were to cast the arrow, and the Spirit of God was to guide the shaft
into the heart.—
The Review and Herald, February 1, 1898
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