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be understood by them. Had you the knowledge which comes from
God, your whole being would proclaim the truth of the living God to a
world dead in trespasses and sins. But books and papers that contain
little of present truth are exalted, and men are becoming too wise to
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follow a ‘Thus saith the Lord.’
“By every teacher in our schools the only true God is to be uplifted,
but many of the watchmen are asleep. They are as the blind leading
the blind. Yet the day of the Lord is right upon us. As a thief it is
coming with stealthy tread, and it will take unawares all who are not
watching. Who among our teachers are awake and as faithful stewards
of the grace of God are giving the trumpet a certain sound? Who are
proclaiming the message of the third angel, calling the world to make
ready for the great day of God? The message we bear has the seal of
the living God.”
Pointing to the Bible he said: “The Scriptures of the Old and New
Testaments are to be combined in the work of fitting a people to stand
in the day of the Lord. Earnestly improve your present opportunities.
Make the word of the living God your lessonbook. If this had always
been done, students lost to the cause of God would now be mission-
aries. Jehovah is the only true God, and He is to be reverenced and
worshiped. Those who respect the words of infidel authors and lead
students to look upon these books as essential in their education lessen
their faith in God. The tone, the spirit, the influence of these books is
deleterious to those who depend on them for knowledge. Influences
have been brought to bear upon the students that have led them to look
away from Christ, the Light of the world, and evil angels rejoice that
those who profess to know God deny Him as He has been thus denied
in our schools. The Sun of Righteousness has been shining upon the
church to dispel the darkness and to call the attention of God’s people
to the preparation essential for those who would shine as lights in the
world. Those who receive this light will comprehend it; those who do
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not receive it will walk in darkness, knowing not at what they stumble.
The soul is never safe unless it is under the divine guidance. Then it
will be led into all truth. The word of Christ will fall with living power
upon obedient hearts; and through the application of divine truth the
perfect image of God will be reproduced, and in heaven it will be said:
‘Ye are complete in Him.’”
Colossians 2:10
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