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hold now. They are to be honored by those who entered the work after
the hardest privation had been borne.
I feel very tender toward Elder Smith. My life interest in the
publishing work is bound up with his. He came to us as a young man,
possessing talents that qualified him to stand in his lot and place as an
editor. How I rejoice as I read his articles in the Review—so excellent,
so full of spiritual truth. I thank God for them. I feel a strong sympathy
for Elder Smith, and I believe that his name should always appear in
the Review as the name of the leading editor. Thus God would have it.
When, some years ago, his name was placed second, I felt hurt. When
it was again placed first, I wept, and said, “Thank God.” May it always
be there, as God designs it shall be, while Elder Smith’s right hand can
hold a pen. And when the power of his hand fails, let his sons write at
his dictation.
I am thankful that Elder [J. N.] Loughborough can still use his
abilities and his gifts in God’s work. He has stood faithful amid storm
and trial. With Elder Smith, my husband, Brother Butler, who joined
us at a later period, and yourself [S. N. Haskell], he can say, “That
which was from the beginning, ... that which we have seen and heard
declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and
truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His son Jesus Christ”
[21]
(
1 John 1:1-3
).—
Selected Messages 2:224-226
.
Reprint Articles of Pioneers
The messages that we have received from heaven are true and
faithful. When one man strives to bring in new theories, which are not
the truth, the ministers of God should bear clear warning against these
theories, pointing out where, if received, they would lead the people
of God. Those who have received the light of present truth should
not be easily deceived, and readily led from the true path into strange
paths. The watchmen are to be wide-awake to discern the outcome of
all specious reasoning; for serious errors will be brought in to lead the
people of God astray....
When men come in who would move one pin or pillar from the
foundation which God has established by His Holy Spirit, let the aged
men who were pioneers in our work speak plainly, and let those who
are dead speak also, by the reprinting of their articles in our periodicals.