Chapter 29—“Take Heed”
The following was addressed to two brethren at-----; but being
applicable to many, it is here given for the benefit of the church:
Dear Brethren,
In the vision given at your place, I was shown something concern-
ing you both. The angel pointed to you, and repeated these words:
“Take heed to yourselves, lest at anytime your hearts be overcharged
with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day
come upon you unawares.”
I saw that you both have a great conflict before you; you will have
a constant warfare to keep this world out of your hearts, for you love
it. The great study with you now must be how to love Jesus and His
service better than the world. If you love the world most, your works
will testify to the fact. If you love Jesus and His service most, your
works will testify to that fact also. I saw that the gaze of many in
this world is upon you. Many would exult in your downfall, others
rejoice in your advancement. Satan and evil angels will present to you
the glory of the kingdoms of this world. If you will worship him, or
worship a worldly treasure, he will hold it up in every light to attract
and lead you to love and worship.
Jesus and your guardian angels are pointing you above your farms,
your cattle, and your earthly treasure, to the kingdom of heaven, to an
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immortal inheritance, an eternal substance in the kingdom of glory.
Said the angel: “You must die to this world.” “Love not the world,
neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the
love of the Father is not in him.”
I saw that if, in the providence of God, wealth has been acquired,
there is no sin in possessing it; and if no opportunities present them-
selves to use this means to advance the cause of God, there is no sin in
still possessing it. But if opportunities are presented to the brethren
to use their property to the glory of God and the advancement of His
cause, and they withhold it, it will be a cause of stumbling to them.
In the day of trouble that which was their hoarded treasure will be an
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