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was considered by many humility. But if their peculiar views were
opposed, they would fly in a moment, and accuse those who did not
agree with their ideas of things, of being proud, and of resisting the
truth and the power of God. They would manifest an overbearing
spirit.
Holy angels have been displeased and disgusted with the irreverent
manner in which they have used the name of God, the great Jehovah.
Angels mention that sacred name with the greatest awe, ever veiling
their faces when they speak the name of God. The name of Christ is
so sacred to them they speak it with the greatest reverence. But how
opposite the spirit and influence attending the 1854 time movement.
Some who are still under the same influence speak of God as they
would of a horse, or of any common-place thing. In their prayers they
use the words God Almighty very common and irreverently. Those
who do this have no sense of the exalted character of God, of Christ,
or of heavenly things.
I was shown that when God sent his angels anciently to minister
or communicate to individuals, when they learned that it was an angel
they had seen and talked with, they were struck with awe, and were
afraid that they should die. They had such exalted views of the terrible
majesty and power of God, they thought to be brought into such close
connection with one direct from his holy presence, would destroy them.
I was referred to
Judges 6:22, 23
;
13:21, 22
;
Joshua 5:13-15
. If angels
were thus feared and honored because they came from the presence
of God, with how much greater reverence should God be regarded?
Many of those who have been converted through the influence of the
1854 movement, need to be converted anew. This class must unlearn
before they can learn aright, else the poisonous weeds of error will
grow rank, and root out the precious seeds of truth.
The only remedy for the East is thorough discipline and organiza-
tion. A spirit of fanaticism has ruled a certain class of Sabbath-keepers
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in the East. They have sipped but lightly at the fountain of truth,
and are unacquainted with the spirit of the message of the third an-
gel. Nothing can be done for this class until their fanatical views
are corrected. Some who were in the 1854 movement have brought
along with them erroneous views, such as the non-resurrection of the
wicked, and the future age. They are seeking to unite their erroneous
views and past experience with the message of the third angel. They