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he cannot see good when it lies directly in his path. He sees only evil
and becomes discouraged very easily. Satan magnifies a molehill into
a mountain before him. All things considered, Brother B K has in
many things pursued a less censurable course than his brother, because
it has been less injurious to the cause of present truth.
These natural brothers must be fully reconciled to each other before
they can lift the reproach from the cause of God that their disunion
has caused. “In this the children of God are manifest, and the children
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of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither
he that loveth not his brother.” “He that saith he is in the light, and
hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.” Those who labor for
God should be clean vessels, sanctified to the Master’s use. “Be ye
clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord.” “If a man say, I love God, and
hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom
he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this
commandment have we from Him, That he who loveth God love his
brother also.”
The ambassadors of Christ have a responsible and sacred work
before them. They are savors of life unto life, or of death unto death.
Their influence decides the destiny of souls for whom Christ died.
Brother and Sister K both lack experience. Their lives have not been
unto holiness. They have not had a deep and thorough knowledge of
the divine will. They have not been steadily advancing onward and
upward in the divine life, so that their experience could be of value to
the church. Their course has burdened the church not a little.
Sister K’s past life has not been of such a character that her ex-
perience could be a blessing to others. She has not lived up to her
convictions of duty. Her conscience has been violated too many times.
She has been a pleasure seeker and has given her life to vanity, frivolity,
and fashion, in face of the light of truth which has shone upon her
pathway. She knew the way, but neglected to walk in it. The Lord
gave Sister K a testimony of warning and reproof. She believed the
testimony and separated herself from that class who were lovers of
pleasure more than lovers of God. Then, as she viewed her past life, so
full of neglects and wrongs, she gave up to unbelief and stolid gloom.
Despair spread its dark wings over her. Her marriage to Brother K
changed the order of things somewhat, but at times since she has been
very gloomy and desponding.