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Lord thy God.”
Isaiah 61:8
;
Deuteronomy 25:14-16
.
“He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the
Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk
humbly with thy God?”
Micah 6:8
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One of the very highest applications of these principles is found
in the recognition of man’s right to himself, to the control of his own
mind, to the stewardship of his talents, the right to receive and to
impart the fruit of his own labor. Strength and power will be in our
institutions only as in all their connection with their fellow men they
recognize these principles,—only as in their dealing they give heed to
the instruction of the word of God.
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Every power lent us by God, whether physical, mental, or spiritual,
is to be sacredly cherished to do the work assigned us for our fellow
men who are perishing in their ignorance. Every man is to stand at
his post of duty untrammeled, each serving the Lord in humility, each
responsible for his own work. “Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to
the Lord, and not unto men; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive
the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.” He “will
render to every man according to his deeds.”
Colossians 3:23, 24
;
Romans 2:6
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Satan’s skill is exercised in devising plans and methods without
number to accomplish his purposes. He works to restrict religious
liberty and to bring into the religious world a species of slavery. Or-
ganizations, institutions, unless kept by the power of God, will work
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under Satan’s dictation to bring men under the control of men; and
fraud and guile will bear the semblance of zeal for truth and for the
advancement of the kingdom of God. Whatever in our practice is not
as open as the day belongs to the methods of the prince of evil.
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Men fall into error by starting with false premises and then bringing
everything to bear to prove the error true. In some cases the first