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must be revealed to those who persistently refuse to render obedience
to the King of kings. Those who choose to remain disloyal, must be
visited in mercy with judgments, in order that, if possible, they may
be aroused to a realization of the sinfulness of their course.
“Throughout the following day I pondered the scenes that had
passed before me, and the instruction that had been given. During
the afternoon we journeyed to Glendale, near Los Angeles; and the
following night ... I seemed to be in an assembly, setting before the
people the requirements of God’s law. I read the scriptures regarding
the institution of the Sabbath in Eden at the close of the creation week,
and regarding the giving of the law at Sinai; and then declared that
the Sabbath is to be observed ‘for a perpetual covenant,’ as a sign
between God and His people forever, that they may know that they are
sanctified by the Lord, their Creator.
“Then I further dwelt upon the supreme rulership of God above
all earthly rulers. His law is to be the standard of action. Men are
forbidden to pervert their senses by intemperance, or by yielding their
minds to satanic influences; for this makes impossible the keeping of
God’s law. While the divine Ruler bears long with perversity, He is
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not deceived, and will not always keep silence. His supremacy, His
authority as Ruler of the universe, must finally be acknowledged, and
the just claims of His law vindicated.
“Much more instruction regarding the long-sufferance of God and
the necessity of arousing transgressors to a realization of their perilous
position in His sight, was repeated to the people, as received from my
instructor.”
Testimonies for the Church 9:92-94
.
“It has taken me many days to write out a portion of that which was
revealed those two nights at Loma Linda and Glendale.”
The Review
and Herald, July 5, 1906
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“On April 18, two days after the scene of falling buildings had
passed before me, I went to fill an appointment in the Carr Street
church, Los Angeles. As we neared the church, we heard the newsboys
crying, ‘San Francisco destroyed by an earthquake!’ With a heavy heart
I read the first hastily printed news of the terrible disaster.”
Testimonies
for the Church 9:94
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