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their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.”
Isaiah 58:1
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trumpet is to give a certain sound.
When you have a congregation before you for only two weeks, do
not defer the presentation of the Sabbath question until everything else
is presented, supposing that you thus pave the way for it. Lift up the
standard—the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. Make
this the important theme. Then, by your strong arguments, make it of
still greater force. Dwell more on the Revelation. Read, explain, and
enforce its teaching.
Our warfare is aggressive. Tremendous issues are before us, yea,
and right upon us. Let our prayers ascend to God that the four angels
may still hold the four winds, that they may not blow to injure or
destroy until the last warning has been given to the world. Then let
us work in harmony with our prayers. Let nothing lessen the force of
the truth for this time. The present truth is to be our burden. The third
angel’s message must do its work of separating from the churches a
people who will take their stand on the platform of eternal truth.
Our message is a life-and-death message, and we must let it appear
as it is, the great power of God. We are to present it in all its telling
force. Then the Lord will make it effectual. It is our privilege to expect
large things, even the demonstration of the Spirit of God. This is the
power that will convict and convert the soul.
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The perils of the last days are upon us, and in our work we are to
warn the people of the danger they are in. Let not the solemn scenes
which prophecy has revealed be left untouched. If our people were
half awake, if they realized the nearness of the events portrayed in
the Revelation, a reformation would be wrought in our churches, and
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many more would believe the message. We have no time to lose; God
calls upon us to watch for souls as they that must give an account.
Advance new principles, and crowd in the clear-cut truth. It will be as
a sword cutting both ways. But be not too ready to take a controversial
attitude. There will be times when we must stand still and see the
salvation of God. Let Daniel speak, let the Revelation speak, and tell
what is truth. But whatever phase of the subject is presented, uplift