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now?” I said, “Can you remain to hear it?” He replied that he would
do so.
I was very weary, for I had attended the closing exercises of the
school that day; but I now arose from the bed where I was lying and
read to him for three hours. His heart was softened, tears were in
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his eyes, and when I ceased reading, he said, “I accept every word;
all of it belongs to me.” Much of the matter I had read related to the
Echo office and its management from the beginning. The Lord also
revealed to me Brother Faulkhead’s connection with the Free Masons,
and plainly stated that unless he severed every tie that bound him to
these associations he would lose his soul.
He said, “I accept the light the Lord has sent me through you. I will
act upon it. I am a member of five lodges, and three other lodges are
under my control. I transact all of their business. Now I shall attend
no more of their meetings, and shall close my business relations with
them as fast as possible.” I repeated to him the words spoken by my
guide in reference to these associations. Giving a certain movement
that was made by my guide, I said, “I cannot relate all that was given
to me.”
Brother Faulkhead told Elder Daniells and others that I gave the
particular sign known only by the highest order of Masons, which
he had just entered. He said that I did not know the sign, and that
I was not aware that I was giving the sign to him. This was special
evidence to him that the Lord was working through me to save his
soul.—
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Angelic Presences While Ellen White Was Awake
When I awoke and looked out of the window, I saw two white
clouds. Then I fell asleep again; and in my dreams these words were
spoken to me: “Look at these clouds. It was just such clouds as these
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that enshrouded the heavenly host who proclaimed to the shepherds
the birth of the world’s Redeemer.” I awoke and looked out of the car
window again, and there were the two large white clouds, as white as
snow. They were distinct, separate clouds, but one would approach
and touch the other, and for a moment they would blend together; then
they would separate, and remain as distinct as before. They did not