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and on until he is controlled by a will stronger than his own. He cannot
escape from its mysterious power.
The defenses of the soul are broken down. He has no barrier
against sin. When once the restraints of God’s word and His Spirit
are rejected, no man knows to what depths of degradation he may
sink.—
The Desire of Ages, 258
(1898).
Science and Revelation—To many, scientific research has be-
come a curse. God has permitted a flood of light to be poured upon the
world in discoveries in science and art; but even the greatest minds, if
not guided by the Word of God in their research, become bewildered in
their attempts to investigate the relations of science and revelation.—
The Great Controversy, 522
(1911).
Christ Could Have Opened the Door of Science—A minister
once said that he could but think that Christ must have known some-
thing about science. Of what could this minister have been thinking?
Science! Christ could have opened door after door of science. He
could have revealed to men treasures of science on which they might
have feasted to the present time. But knowing that this knowledge
would have been appropriated to unholy uses, He did not open the
door.—MS 105, 1901. (.)
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Dark Hours of Trial Are to Come to Everyone as Part of His
Education—That night in that boat was to the disciples a school where
they were to receive their education for the great work which was to
be done afterward. The dark hours of trial are to come to everyone as
a part of his education for higher work, for more devoted, consecrated
effort. The storm was not sent upon the disciples to shipwreck them,
but to test and prove them individually....
The time of our educating will soon be over. We have no time to
lose in walking through clouds of doubt and uncertainty.... We may
stand close to the side of Jesus. Let none ... shirk one hard lesson or
lose the blessing of one hard discipline.—Lt 13, 1892. (HC 56.)
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