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Holy Ghost, and would place us in that company who have departed
from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits.
“The enemy will set everything in operation to uproot the confi-
dence of the believers in the pillars of our faith in the messages of
the past, which have placed us upon the elevated platform of eternal
truth, and which have established and given character to the work. The
Lord God of Israel has led out His people, unfolding to them truth of
heavenly origin. His voice has been heard, and is still heard, saying,
Go forward from strength to strength, from grace to grace, from glory
to glory. The work is strengthening and broadening, for the Lord God
of Israel is the defense of His people.
“Those who have a hold of the truth theoretically, with their finger
tips as it were, who have not brought its principles into the inner
sanctuary of the soul, but have kept the vital truth in the outer court, will
see nothing sacred in the past history of this people, which has made
them what they are, and has established them as earnest, determined
missionary workers in the world. The truth for this time is precious;
but those whose hearts have not been broken by falling on the rock
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Christ Jesus, will not see and understand what is truth. They will
accept that which pleases their ideas, and will begin to manufacture
another foundation than that which is laid. They will flatter their own
vanity and esteem, thinking that they are capable of removing the
pillars of our faith, and replacing them with pillars they have devised.
“This will continue to be as long as time shall last. Any one who
has been a close student of the Bible will see and understand the solemn
position of those who are living in the closing scenes of this earth’s
history. They will feel their own inefficiency and weakness, and will
make it their first business to have not merely a form of godliness, but
a vital connection with God. They will not dare to rest until Christ is
formed within, the hope of glory. Self will die; pride will be expelled
from the soul, and they will have the meekness and gentleness of
Christ.” [
From an unpublished manuscript.
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Book Manuscript Work
Mrs. White’s personal correspondence is filled with many refer-
ences to book manuscripts on which she was laboring lovingly and
untiringly. While in Europe, she was amplifying “Great Controversy”