Chapter 79—Communications to Elder Hull
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The General Conference Committee would here express their approval
of the publication of this Testimony. Especially do we recommend the
publication of the letters addressed to elder hull and given to him at the
time of their dates. We call the particular attention of the reader to the
declaration on page 442. It is there stated that Elder Hull needed to be
led as a blind man who depends on another for sight. At the General
Conference in Battle Creek, May, 1863, Elder Hull acknowledged
the justness of the statement, but has since protested against it. The
Committee now maintain that his course in the short space of the past
four months, in abandoning every point of religious faith dear to us
as a people, is a most palpable demonstration of the correctness of
the above statement that he should follow the counsel of his brethren.
Gen. Conf. Com.
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November 5, 1862, I was shown the condition of Brother Hull.
He was in an alarming state. His lack of consecration and vital piety
left him subject to Satan’s suggestions. He has relied upon his own
strength instead of the strong arm of the Lord, and that mighty arm
has been partially removed.
I was shown that the most alarming feature in the case of Brother
Hull is that he is asleep to his danger. He feels no alarm, feels perfectly
secure and at rest, while Satan and his angels are exulting over their
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conquest. Just as long as Brother Hull maintained a conflict, his mind
was reined up, and there was a collision of spirits. He has now ceased
the conflict, and the collision ceases. His mind is at rest, and Satan
lets him have peace. Oh, how dangerous was the position in which
he was shown me! His case is nearly hopeless, because he makes no
effort to resist Satan and extricate himself from his dreadful snare.
Brother Hull has been dealt with faithfully. He has felt that he was
too much restrained, that he could not act out his nature. While the
power of the truth, in all its force, influenced him, he was comparatively
safe; but break the force and power of truth upon the mind, and there
is no restraint, the natural propensities take the lead, and there is no
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