Position and Work of the Sanitarium
537
There is no excuse for doubt or skepticism. God has made ample
provision to establish the faith of all men, if they will decide from the
[584]
weight of evidence. But if they wait to have every seeming objection
removed before they believe, they will never be settled, rooted, and
grounded in the truth. God will never remove all seeming difficul-
ties from our path. Those who wish to doubt may find opportunity;
those who wish to believe will find plenty of evidence upon which
to base their faith. The position of some is unexplainable, even to
themselves. They are drifting without an anchor, beating about in the
fog of uncertainty. Satan soon seizes the helm and carries their frail
bark wherever he pleases. They become subject to his will. Had these
minds not listened to Satan, they would not have been deceived by his
sophistry; had they been balanced on the side of God they would not
have become confused and bewildered.
God and angels are watching with intense interest the development
of character and are weighing moral worth. Those who withstand
Satan’s devices will come forth as gold tried in the fire. Those who are
swept off their feet by the waves of temptation, imagine, as did Eve,
that they are becoming wonderfully wise, outgrowing their ignorance
and narrow conscientiousness; but, like her, they will find themselves
sadly deceived. They have been chasing shadows, exchanging heav-
enly wisdom for frail human judgment. A little knowledge has made
them self-conceited. A more deep and thorough knowledge of them-
selves and of God would make them again sane and sensible men, and
would balance them on the side of truth, of angels, and of God.
The word of God will judge every one of us at the last great day.
Young men talk about science and are wise above that which is writ-
ten; they seek to explain the ways and work of God to meet their
finite comprehension; but it is all a miserable failure. True science
and Inspiration are in perfect harmony. False science is a something
independent of God. It is pretentious ignorance. This deceptive power
has captivated and enslaved the minds of many, and they have cho-
sen darkness rather than light. They have taken their position on the
[585]
side of unbelief, as though it were a virtue and the sign of a great
mind to doubt, when it is the sign of a mind too weak and narrow
to perceive God in His created works. They could not fathom the
mystery of His providence should they study with all their power for a
lifetime. And because the works of God cannot be explained by finite