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Testimonies for the Church Volume 6
Now is the time for the last warning to be given. There is a special
power in the presentation of the truth at the present time; but how long
will it continue? Only a little while. If there was ever a crisis, it is now.
All are now deciding their eternal destiny. Men need to be aroused
to realize the solemnity of the time, the nearness of the day when
human probation shall be ended. Decided efforts should be made to
bring the message for this time prominently before the people. The
third angel is to go forth with great power. Let none ignore this work
or treat it as of little importance.
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The light we have received upon the third angel’s message is the
true light. The mark of the beast is exactly what it has been proclaimed
to be. Not all in regard to this matter is yet understood, nor will it be
understood until the unrolling of the scroll; but a most solemn work is
to be accomplished in our world. The Lord’s command to His servants
is: “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show My
people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.”
Isaiah
58:1
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There is to be no change in the general features of our work. It
is to stand as clear and distinct as prophecy has made it. We are to
enter into no confederacy with the world, supposing that by so doing
we could accomplish more. If any stand in the way, to hinder the
advancement of the work in the lines that God has appointed, they
will displease God. No line of truth that has made the Seventh-day
Adventist people what they are is to be weakened. We have the old
landmarks of truth, experience, and duty, and we are to stand firmly in
defense of our principles, in full view of the world.
It is essential that men be raised up to open the living oracles of
God to all peoples. Men of all ranks and capacities, with their various
gifts, are to co-operate harmoniously for a common result. They are
to unite in the work of bringing the truth to the people, each worker
fulfilling his own special appointment.
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The three angels of
Revelation 14
are represented as flying in the
midst of heaven, symbolizing the work of those who proclaim the
first, second, and third angels’ messages. All are linked together. The
evidences of the abiding, everliving truth of these grand messages,