“Thou Hast Left Thy First Love”
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God, there would not now be a necessity of calling a special attention
to it The exceeding great and precious promises given us in the Holy
Scriptures have been lost sight of to a great extent, just as the enemy
of all righteousness designed that they should be. He has cast his own
dark shadow between us and our God, that we may not see the true
character of God. The Lord has proclaimed Himself to be “merciful
and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.”
Several have written to me, inquiring if the message of justification
by faith is the third angel’s message, and I have answered, “It is the
third angel’s message, in verity.”—
The Review and Herald, April 1,
1890
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