Laborers in the Office
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I was shown that Brethren A, B, and C were in danger of injuring
their health by remaining a considerable part of their time in heated
rooms not sufficiently ventilated. These brethren need more physical
exercise. Their employment is sedentary, and too much of the time they
breathe heated, impure air. Their lack of exercise causes a depressed
circulation, and they are in danger of injuring their health permanently
by neglecting to heed the laws of their being. If they violate these laws
they will at some future period just as surely suffer the penalty in some
form as my husband has suffered it. They will be sustained no more
than was he. No one of them is capable of enduring even a small part
of the physical and mental taxation which he endured.
These brethren take the work with the heaviest battles fought,
the sorest trials passed through, to establish the cause in its present
standing. And yet a great and solemn work is before us, and it calls
for devotedness from them and also from Brother D, who is in danger
of exaltation. God will prove him and try him, and he must be girded
about with truth and have on the armor of righteousness, or he will
fall by the hand of the enemy. All these brethren need to adhere most
strictly and perseveringly to a healthful, spare diet, for all are in danger
of congested brains, and paralysis may fell one or more or all of them,
if they continue living carelessly or recklessly.
I saw that God had specially selected Brother B to engage in a
great and exalted work. He would have cares and burdens, and yet
all these could be so much more easily borne with true devotion and
consecration to the work. Brother B, you need a deeper draft from
salvation’s fountain, a more thorough draft from the fountain of sanc-
tification. Your will has not yet been fully submitted to the will of
God. You move on because you think you cannot do otherwise; but
to walk in cheerful light because you can see that Christ Jesus leads
the way before you, you have failed to do. Standing in the responsible
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place which you occupy, you have in all this hurt your own soul and
influenced others. If you walk contrary to God, He will walk contrary
to you. God wants to use you, but you must die to self and sacrifice
your pride. The Lord designs to use you in His cause if you will follow
His opening providence and heartily and fully sanctify yourself and
cleanse yourself from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting
holiness in the fear of God.