City Conditions
For years I have been given special light that we are not to center
our work in the cities. The turmoil and confusion that fill these cities,
the conditions brought about by the labor unions and the strikes, would
prove a great hindrance to our work. Men are seeking to bring those
engaged in the different trades under bondage to certain unions. This
is not God’s planning, but the planning of a power that we should in
no wise acknowledge. God’s word is fulfilling; the wicked are binding
themselves up in bundles ready to be burned.
We are now to use all our entrusted capabilities in giving the last
warning message to the world. In this work we are to preserve our
individuality. We are not to unite with secret societies or with trades
unions. We are to stand free in God, looking constantly to Christ for
instruction. All our movements are to be made with a realization of
the importance of the work to be accomplished for God.—
Testimonies
for the Church 7:84
(1902).
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