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deceive honest souls into a bypath, that they may not feel the force
and importance of the solemn truths proclaimed by the third angel.
Elder K has been looked up to as an example, while he has been an
injury to the cause of God. His life has not been blameless. His ways
have not been in accordance with the holy law of God, or with the spot-
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less life of Christ. His corrupt nature is not subdued; and yet he dwells
much upon sanctification, and thereby deceives many. I was directed
to his past labors. He has failed to bring out souls into the truth, and to
establish them upon the third angel’s message. He presents a theory of
sanctification as a matter of the utmost importance, while he makes of
but little importance the channel through which God’s blessing comes.
“Sanctify them through Thy truth: Thy word is truth.” The present
truth, which is the channel, is not regarded, but is trampled under-
foot. Men may cry, Holiness! holiness! sanctification! sanctification!
consecration! consecration! and yet know no more by experience of
what they talk than the sinner with his corrupt propensities. God will
soon tear off this whitewashed garb of professed sanctification which
some who are carnally minded have thrown around them to hide the
deformity of the soul.
A faithful record is kept of the acts of the children of men. Nothing
can be concealed from the eye of the high and holy One. Some take a
course directly opposed to the law of God, and then, to cover up their
sinful course, they profess to be consecrated to God. This profession
of holiness does not make itself manifest in their daily lives. It does
not have a tendency to elevate their minds, and lead them to “abstain
from all appearance of evil.” We are made a spectacle unto the world,
to angels, and to men. Our faith is blasphemed in consequence of the
crooked course of the carnally minded. They profess a part of the truth,
which gives them influence, while they have no union with those who
believe and are united upon the whole truth. What has been Elder K’s
influence? What have been the fruits of his labors? How many have
been brought out and established upon present truth? How many has
he brought into the unity of the faith? He has not gathered with Christ.
His influence has been to scatter. There is a lack in his preaching, and
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his converts lack that which would prove their rock and defense in the
day of God’s anger. His preaching lacks the salt, the savor. He does
not bring out souls thoroughly converted to the truth, separating them
from the world, and uniting them with God’s peculiar people. His