Solemn Warning
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Southern field. This has not yet been done as it should be done. Every
step has been forced.
The five thousand dollars which would be used in adding to the
Review and Herald buildings should now be invested in the work in
other places where the gospel of truth has not yet been preached.
I feel a terror of soul as I see to what a pass our publishing house has
come. The presses in the Lord’s institution have been printing the soul-
destroying theories of Romanism and other mysteries of iniquity. The
office must be purged of this objectionable matter. I have a testimony
from the Lord for those who have placed such matter in the hands of
the workers. God holds you accountable for presenting to young men
and young women the fruit of the forbidden tree of knowledge. Can it
be possible that you have not a knowledge of the warnings given to the
Pacific Press on this subject? Can it be possible that with a knowledge
of these warnings you are going over the same ground, only doing
much worse? It has often been repeated to you that angels of God are
passing through every room in the office. What impression has this
made on your minds?
You have given matter containing Satan’s sentiments into the hands
of the workers, bringing his deceptive, polluting principles before their
minds. The Lord looks upon this action on your part as helping Satan
to prepare his snare to catch souls. God will not hold guiltless those
who have done this thing. He has a controversy with the managers of
the publishing house. I have been almost afraid to open the Review,
fearing to see that God has cleansed the publishing house by fire.
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The Lord has instructed me that those who cannot see the wicked-
ness of co-operating with Satan by publishing his falsehoods might
better seek some work in which they will not ruin our youth, body and
soul. There is danger that the standard of truth and righteousness will
be so lowered that God will bring His judgments upon the wrongdoers.
It is high time that we understood what spirit has for years been
controlling matters at the Review and Herald office. I am horrified to
think that the most subtle phase of spiritualism should be placed before
the workers, and that in a way calculated to confuse and perplex the
mind. Be assured that Satan will follow up the advantage thus given
him.
The Review and Herald office has been defiled as the temple was
defiled, only the result has been tenfold more disastrous. Overturning