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calls upon those who have been wearing a yoke of human manufacture
to break this yoke, and no longer be the bond servants of men.
The battle is on. Satan and his angels are working with all de-
ceivableness of unrighteousness. They are untiring in their efforts to
draw souls away from the truth, away from righteousness, to spread
ruin throughout the universe. They work with marvelous industry to
furnish a multitude of deceptions to take souls captive. Their efforts
are unceasing. The enemy is ever seeking to lead souls into infidelity
and skepticism. He would do away with God, and with Christ, who
was made flesh and dwelt among us to teach us that in obedience to
God’s will we may be victorious over sin.
Assailed by Every Form of Evil
Every form of evil is waiting for an opportunity to assail us. Flat-
tery, bribes, inducements, promises of wonderful exaltation, will be
most assiduously employed.
What are God’s servants doing to raise the barrier of a “Thus saith
the Lord” against this evil? The enemy’s agents are working unceas-
ingly to prevail against the truth. Where are the faithful guardians
of the Lord’s flocks? Where are His watchmen? Are they standing
on the high tower, giving the danger signal, or are they allowing the
peril to pass unheeded? Where are the medical missionaries? Are they
co-workers with Christ, wearing His yoke, or are they wearing a yoke
of human manufacture?
Satan and his angels are making every effort to obtain control of
minds, that men may be swayed by falsehood and pleasing fables. Are
our physicians lifting the danger signal? Are the men who have been
placed in prominent positions in our sanitariums lifting the danger
signal? Or are many of the watchmen asleep, while mischievous
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tongues and acute minds, sharpened by long practice in evading the
truth, are continually at work to bring in confusion, and to carry out
plans instigated by the enemy?
Please read Paul’s exhortation to the Colossians. He speaks of his
earnest desire that the hearts of the believers might be “knit together
in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to
the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of
Christ; in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge”