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others from accepting the Sabbath. Such will be rewarded according
to their works. Would to God they would be reformed or give up the
Sabbath! They would not then stand in the way of unbelievers.
God has led out men who have toiled for years, who have been
willing to make any sacrifice, who have suffered privation, and en-
dured trials to bring the truth before the world, and by their consistent
course remove the reproach that fanatics have brought upon the cause
of God. They have met opposition in every form. They have toiled
night and day in searching the evidences of our faith that they might
bring out the truth in its clearness, in a connected form, that it might
withstand all opposition. Incessant labor and mental trials in connec-
tion with this great work have worn down more than one constitution
and prematurely sprinkled heads with gray hairs. They have not worn
out in vain. God has marked their earnest, tearful, agonizing prayers
that they might have light and truth, and that the truth might shine in
its clearness to others. He has marked their self-sacrificing efforts, and
He will reward them as their works have been.
On the other hand, those who have not toiled to bring out these pre-
cious truths have come up and received some points, like the Sabbath
truth, which are all prepared to their hand, and then all the gratitude
they manifest for that which cost them nothing, but others so much, is
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to rise up like Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, and reproach those upon
whom God has laid the burden of His work. They would say: “Ye take
too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of
them, and the Lord is among them.” They are strangers to gratitude.
They possess a strong spirit which will not yield to reason and which
will lead them on to their own destruction.
God has blessed His people who have moved forward following
His opening providence. He has brought out a people from every
class upon the great platform of truth. Infidels have been convinced
that God was with His people and have humbled their hearts to obey
the truth. The work of God moves steadily on. Yet notwithstanding
all the evidences that God has been leading the body, there are, and
will continue to be, those who profess the Sabbath, who will move
independent of the body, and believe and act as they choose. Their
views are confused. Their scattered state is a standing testimony that
God is not with them. By the world the Sabbath and their errors are
placed upon a level and thrown away together. God is angry with