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grasp the banner presented to you. One of great dignity approached
you and with deep earnestness said:
“Unto you therefore which believe He is precious: but unto them
which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the
same is made the head of the corner, and a stone of stumbling, and
a rock of offense, even to them which stumble at the word, being
disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. But ye are a chosen
generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that
ye should show forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of
darkness into His marvelous light.”
1 Peter 2:7-9
. Then your hand
firmly grasped the true banner, and these encouraging words were
spoken: “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to Him: for the
marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready.
And to her, was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean
and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.”
Revelation
19:7, 8
.
I was instructed that you and your fellow laborers were in danger
of hiding the principles of our faith in order to obtain large patronage.
Every jot done in this line, instead of extending the influence of the
truth, will hinder its advance.
You and your associates in the sanitarium work need a pilot with
you constantly, else you will be shipwrecked. You surely must under-
stand your peril. Satan is making every effort to turn you aside into
strange paths. God has strengthened you. Your soul must be sanctified
through the truth, that your steadfast adherence to principles may be
plain to all. The more fully your helpless soul leans upon God, the
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more fully you make Him your trust, the more hungry you will become
for the bread of life.
God is to be recognized and honored by the people calling them-
selves Seventh-day Adventists. In the past the truth has, to the honor
of God, been proclaimed with convincing power by the physicians and
helpers in our sanitariums. God will accept no less of you, but will
expect far more. You and your associates are to labor on in faith and
firmness to prevent decline and to ensure progress. There must be no
narrowing down of your work, no concealing of the principles of truth;
there must be a widening of the base of operations. Many plants must
be made in different places. There is need of more zeal, more faith,
more influence, of more active, spirited workers.