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persons do not consider that the truth has been set forth at the appointed
time by the very men whom God was leading to do this special work.
These men followed on step by step in the very fulfillment of prophecy,
and those who have not had a personal experience in this work, are to
take the Word of God and believe on “their word” who have been led
by the Lord in the proclamation of the first, second, and third angels’
messages. These messages, received and acted upon, are doing their
work to prepare a people to stand in the great day of God. If we search
the Scriptures to confirm the truth God has given His servants for
the world, we shall be found proclaiming the first, second, and third
angels’ messages.
It is true that there are prophecies yet to be fulfilled. But very
erroneous work has been done again and again, and will continue to be
done by those who seek to find new light in the prophecies, and who
begin by turning away from the light that God has already given. The
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messages of
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are those by which the world is to be tested;
they are the everlasting gospel, and are to be sounded everywhere. But
the Lord does not lay upon those who have not had an experience in
His work the burden of making a new exposition of those prophecies
which He has, by His Holy Spirit, moved upon His chosen servants to
explain.
According to the light God has given me, this is the work which
you, Brother F, have been attempting to do. Your views have found
favor with some; but it is because these persons have not discernment
to see the true bearing of the arguments you present. They have had
but a limited experience in the work of God for this time, and they do
not see where your views would lead them, and you do not see yourself
where they would lead. They are ready to assent to your statements;
they see nothing in them but that which is correct. But they are misled
because you have woven together much Scripture in constructing your
theory. Your arguments appear conclusive to them.
Not so, however, with those who have an experimental knowledge
of the truth that applies in the last period of this earth’s history. While
they see that you hold some precious truth, they see also that you have
misapplied Scripture, placing it in a framework of error where it does
not belong, and making it give force to that which is not present truth.
Because some accept that which you have written, do not become
elated. It is most trying to your brethren who have confidence in