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ideas of organization. But God’s people were not to be diverted from
their work of enlightening the world. With their eyes on the work,
advance moves were made
.
True, some lost their way in the crisis of 1902-03. Certain in-
stitutional properties were lost to the denomination; but, rather than
retarding the work, the crisis marked the opening of great aggressive
movements. The warnings of the section “Be On Guard” and the clear
delineation of truth in the group of chapters on “The Essential Knowl-
edge” will ever serve to keep the church from misleading teachings,
and the other counsels of volume 8 will be of benefit to the end of
time
.
The Trustees of the
Ellen G. White Publications
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