Chapter 38—Errors in Diet
Dear Brother and Sister A,
The Lord has seen fit in His goodness to give me a vision at this
place; and among the different things shown were some relating to
you. I saw that all was not right with you. The enemy has been seeking
your destruction, and endeavoring to influence others through you. I
saw that you both take an exalted position that God has never assigned
you, and that you both consider yourselves far in advance of the people
of God. I saw you looking to Battle Creek with jealousy and suspicion.
You would place your hands in there, and mold their acts and doings
to what you consider would be right. You are noticing little things
that you do not understand, that you have not the least to do with, and
that in no way concern you. God has committed His work at B.C.
to chosen servants. He has laid the burden of the work upon them.
Angels of God are commissioned to have oversight of the work; and if
it does not move right, those who are at the head of the work will be
corrected, and things will move in God’s order without interference of
this or that individual.
I saw that God wants you to turn your attention to yourselves. Try
your motives. You are deceived in regard to yourselves. You have an
appearance of humility, and this has influence with others, and leads
them to think that you are far advanced in the Christian life; but when
your peculiar notions are touched, self rises at once, and you manifest a
willful, stubborn spirit. This is a sure evidence that you do not possess
true humility.
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I saw that you had mistaken notions about afflicting your bodies,
depriving yourselves of nourishing food. These things lead some of
the church to think that God is surely with you, or you would not deny
self, and sacrifice thus. But I saw that none of these things will make
you more holy. The heathen do all this, but receive no reward for
it. A broken and contrite spirit before God is in His sight of great
price. I saw that your views concerning these things are erroneous,
and that you are looking at the church and watching them, noticing
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