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upon. It is the truth, not fanciful ideas, that is efficacious. The eternal
truth of the Word will stand forth free from all seductive errors and
spiritualistic interpretations, free from all fancifully drawn, alluring
pictures. Falsehoods will be urged upon the attention of God’s people,
but the truth is to stand clothed in its beautiful, pure garments. The
Word, precious in its holy, uplifting influence, is not to be degraded
to a level with common, ordinary matters. It is always to remain
uncontaminated by the fallacies by which Satan seeks to deceive, if
possible, the very elect.—
The Review and Herald, October 13, 1904
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Let God’s people act so that the world will see that Seventh-day
Adventists are an intelligent, thinking people, whose faith is based
on a surer foundation than the bedlam of confusion. The people are
hungry for the bread of life. Do not offer them a stone.—
Manuscript
101, 1901
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