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mistake light for error, and specious error they will pronounce light,
mistaking phantoms for realities and realities for phantoms, calling
a world an atom and an atom a world. They will fall into deceptions
and delusions that Satan has prepared as concealed nets to entangle
the feet of those who think they can walk in their human wisdom
without the special grace of Christ. Jesus wants men to see not men
as trees walking, but all things clearly. There is only one remedy
for the sinful soul, and unless it is received, men will accept one
delusion after another until their senses are perverted....
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Morality Inseparable from Religion
Morality cannot be separated from religion. Conservative tra-
dition received from educated men and from the writings of great
men of the past are not all a safe guide for us in these last days; for
the great struggle before us is such as the world has never seen. The
brethren who have not acted a part in this work in the past need to
move with far greater caution in regard to that which they accept
and that which they refuse; they need to penetrate much deeper than
their limited spiritual knowledge or their present habits or opinions
would lead them to do. All these may need reforming.
We are not one of us safe, even with past experience in the work,
and certainly are not safe if we have not had that experience, unless
we live as seeing Him who is invisible. Daily, hourly, we must be
actuated by the principles of Bible truth—righteousness, mercy, and
the love of God. He who would have moral and intellectual power
must draw from the divine Source. At every point and decision
inquire, Is this the way of the Lord?
With your Bibles open before you consult sanctified reason and
a good conscience. Your heart must be moved, your soul touched,
your reason and intellect awakened, by the Spirit of God; the holy
principles laid down in His word will give light to the soul. I tell
you, my brethren, our true source of wisdom and virtue and power is
in the cross of Calvary. Christ is the Author and Finisher of our faith.
He says, “Without Me ye can do nothing.” Jesus is the only sure
guarantee for intellectual success and advancement.—
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16, 1890.