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Oppressing the Hireling
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against you unless it is repented of and restitution made. One wrong
move does more harm than can be undone in years; if the wrongdoer
could see the extent of the evil, it would wring from his soul cries of
anguish. You are selfish in regard to means. In the case of Brother
K the angel of God pointed to you and said: “Inasmuch as ye have
done this to one of Christ’s disciples, ye have done it to Jesus in His
person.”
The cases I have mentioned are not the only ones. I would
you could see these things as Heaven has opened them before me.
There is a sad deception upon minds. It is the religion of Christ
that you need. He pleased not Himself, but lived to benefit others.
You have a work to do, and should lose no time in humbling your
heart before God, and by humble confessions remove the blots from
your Christian character. Then can you engage in the solemn work
of laboring for the salvation of others without making so many
mistakes.
What has your time amounted to, spent as it has been spent while
engaged in a work which God did not set you about? Impressions
have been made on minds, and experiences gained, which it will
require much labor for them to efface. Souls will wander in darkness,
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perplexity, and unbelief, and some will never recover. With fasting
and earnest prayer, with deep heart searching, stern self-examination,
lay bare the soul; let no act escape your critical examination. Then,
with self dead and your life hid with Christ in God, offer your humble
petitions. If you regard iniquity in your heart, the Lord will not hear
you. If He had heard your prayers, you would have been exalted.
Satan has stood by, prepared to make the most of the advantage he
has gained.
Oh, how important it is that faithfulness in little things charac-
terize our lives, that true integrity mark all our course of action, and
that we ever bear in mind that angels of God are taking cognizance
of every act! That which we mete to others shall be meted to us
again. A fearfulness should ever attend you lest you should deal
unjustly, selfishly. By sickness and adversity the Lord will remove
from us much more than we obtain by grinding the face of the poor.
A just God truly estimates all our motives and actions.
I was shown Brother and Sister L. The love of the world has
so eaten out true godliness and benumbed the powers of the mind