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Character Is Personal—Character is personal. We each have a
work to do for time and for eternity. God abhors indifference in regard
to the formation of character.—Lt 223, 1903.
Recognizing Man’s Rights—One of the very highest applications
of these principles [recognition of personal responsibilities] is found
in the recognition of man’s right to himself, to the control of his own
mind, to the stewardship of his talents, the right to receive and to
impart the fruit of his own labor. Strength and power will be in our
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institutions only as in all their connection with their fellowmen they
recognize these principles—only as in their dealing they give heed
to the instruction of the Word of God.—
Testimonies for the Church
7:180
(1902).
Dependent Upon Christ—Each soul has an individuality. Each
soul must live in hourly communion with Christ; for He says, “Without
Me ye can do nothing” (
John 15:5
). His principles are to be our
principles; for these principles are the everlasting truth, proclaimed in
righteousness, goodness, mercy, and love.—Lt 21, 1901.
Individuality in Christian Experience to Be Preserved—Teach
every soul to lean heavily on the arm of infinite power. There is an
individuality in Christian experience that must be preserved in every
human agent, and the responsibility cannot be removed from any soul.
Each one has his own battles to fight, his own Christian experience
to gain, independent in some respects from any other soul; and God
has lessons for each to gain for himself that no other can gain for
him.—MS 6, 1889.
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