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Chapter 16—Look to Jesus
In the vision given me June 12, 1868, I was shown the danger
of the people of God in looking to Brother and Sister White and
thinking that they must come to them with their burdens and seek
counsel of them. This ought not so to be. They are invited by their
compassionate, loving Saviour to come unto Him, when weary and
heavy-laden, and He will relieve them. In Him they will find rest.
In taking their perplexities and trials to Jesus, they will find the
promise in regard to them fulfilled. When in their distress they feel
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the relief which is found alone in Jesus they obtain an experience
which is of the highest value to them. Brother and Sister White are
striving for purity of life, striving to bring forth fruit unto holiness;
yet they are only erring mortals. Many come to us with the inquiry:
Shall I do this? Shall I engage in that enterprise? Or, in regard to
dress, Shall I wear this or that article? I answer them: You profess
to be disciples of Christ. Study your Bibles. Read carefully and
prayerfully the life of our dear Saviour when He dwelt among men
upon the earth. Imitate His life, and you will not be found straying
from the narrow path. We utterly refuse to be conscience for you. If
we tell you just what to do, you will look to us to guide you, instead
of going directly to Jesus for yourselves. Your experience will be
founded in us. You must have an experience for yourselves, which
shall be founded in God. Then can you stand amid the perils of the
last days and be purified and not consumed by the fire of affliction
through which all the saints must pass in order to have the impurities
removed from their character preparatory to receiving the finishing
touch of immortality.
Many of our dear brethren and sisters think that they cannot have
a large gathering unless Brother and Sister White attend. In many
places they realize that something must be done to move the people
to more earnestness and decided action in the work and cause of
truth. They have had ministers to labor among them, yet they realize
that a greater work must be done, and look to Brother and Sister
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