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of the world in size or splendor. We are to enter into no confederacy
with those who do not love or fear God. Those who have not the light
of present truth, who are unable to endure the seeing of Him who is
invisible, are surrounded by spiritual darkness that is as the darkness of
midnight. Within, all is dreariness. They know not the meaning of joy
in the Lord. They take no interest in eternal realities. Their attention
is engrossed by the trifling things of earth. They make haste unto
vanity, striving by unfair means to obtain advantages. Having forsaken
God, the fountain of living waters, they hew out for themselves broken
cisterns that can hold no water. Let it not be thus with those who have
tasted the power of the world to come.
Economy and Self-Denial
Sow the seeds of truth wherever you have opportunity. In establish-
ing the work in new places, economize in every possible way. Gather
up the fragments; let nothing be lost....
We are nearing the end of this earth’s history, and the different
lines of God’s work are to be carried forward with much more self-
sacrifice than they have yet been. The work for these last days is a
missionary work. Present truth, from the first letter of its alphabet
to the last, means missionary effort. The work to be done calls for
sacrifice at every step of advance. The workers are to come forth from
trial purified and refined, as gold tried in the fire.
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