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everything done in the sanitariums established must first be submitted
to one group of men. This course God forbids. The same God who
has instructed the physicians at Battle Creek will instruct the men and
women who are called to do service for the Master in various parts of
His vineyard.
“Human laws and human arrangements are being framed that are
not acceptable to God. They will not prove a savor of life unto life. I
am under the necessity of lifting the danger signal. The managers of
every one of our institutions need to become more intelligent in regard
to their individual work, not by depending upon another institution, but,
while preserving the identity of their work, by looking to God as their
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instructor and by revealing their faith in Him through whole-hearted
service. Then they will develop talents and capabilities.”
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“Christ calls for service of a higher order than that which has
been given Him. Men in positions of responsibility should, through
receiving the power of the Holy Spirit, reveal the Redeemer much more
clearly than they have revealed Him. The infinite God so loved the
world that He gave His only-begotten Son as a sacrifice for us, in order
that we, by receiving Him in faith and practicing His virtues, might
not perish, but have everlasting life. My brethren, how do you suppose
He regards that great lack of spiritual enthusiasm manifested over the
record of the infinite sacrificial offering made for our salvation?
“All human ambition, all boasting, is to be laid in the dust. Self,
sinful self, is to be abased, not exalted. By holiness in the daily life we
are to reveal Christ to those around us. Corrupt human nature is to be
subdued, not exalted. Thus only can we become pure and undefiled.
We are to be humble, faithful men and women. Never are we to sit
upon the judgment seat. God demands that His representatives shall
be pure and holy, revealing the beauty of sanctification. The channel
is always to remain unobstructed, that the Holy Spirit may have free
course; otherwise some will gloss over the work that must be done in
the natural heart in order to perfect Christian character; and they will
present their own imperfections in such a way as to make of no effect
God’s truth, which is as steadfast as the eternal throne. And while God
calls upon His watchmen to lift the danger signal, at the same time