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Chapter 80—No Probation After Christ Comes
Brother O,
While I am writing out the dangers of others, your case presses
upon my mind. For several months I have been seeking an opportu-
nity to write to you and to others; but constant labor has hindered
me from writing out all the testimonies given me for individuals.
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Your case has frequently burdened my mind, but I have not felt
clear to write to you. I have written out very many testimonies which
have been given for others, some of which, in many particulars,
would apply to you. The object of publishing the testimonies is that
those who are not singled out personally, yet who are as much in
fault as those who are reproved, may be warned through the reproofs
given to others. I thought it would not be my duty to address you
personally. Yet, as I write out individual testimonies to those who
are in danger of neglecting their duty to the cause of God, and thus
of sustaining an injury, a loss, to their own souls, I do not feel clear
to leave your case without writing to you.
The last view given me was above two years ago. I was then
directed to bring out general principles, in speaking and in writing,
and at the same time specify the dangers, errors, and sins of some
individuals, that all might be warned, reproved, and counseled. I saw
that all should search their own hearts and lives closely to see if they
had not made the same mistakes for which others were corrected
and if the warnings given for others did not apply to their own cases.
If so, they should feel that the counsel and reproofs were given
especially for them and should make as practical an application of
them as though they were especially addressed to themselves.
Those who have a natural love for the world and have been
remiss in their duty can see their own faults specified in the cases of
others who have been reproved. God designs to test the faith of all
who claim to be followers of Christ. He will test the sincerity of the
prayers of all those who claim to earnestly desire to know their duty.
He will make duty plain. He will give all an ample opportunity to
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