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infirmities of our tempers and dispositions. If wrought for us at all, this
work will all be accomplished before that time. When the Lord comes,
those who are holy will be holy still. Those who have preserved their
bodies and spirits in holiness, in sanctification and honor, will then
receive the finishing touch of immortality. But those who are unjust,
unsanctified, and filthy, will remain so forever. No work will then be
done for them to remove their defects, and give them holy characters.
The Refiner does not then sit to pursue His refining process and remove
their sins and their corruption. This is all to be done in these hours of
probation. It is now that this work is to be accomplished for us....
We are now in God’s workshop. Many of us are rough stones from
the quarry. But as we lay hold upon the truth of God, its influence
affects us. It elevates us and removes from us every imperfection and
sin, of whatever nature. Thus we are prepared to see the King in His
beauty and finally to unite with the pure and heavenly angels in the
kingdom of glory. It is here that this work is to be accomplished for
us, here that our bodies and spirits are to be fitted for immortality.
The Work of Sanctification
We are in a world that is opposed to righteousness and purity
of character and to a growth in grace. Wherever we look, we see
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corruption and defilement, deformity and sin. And what is the work
that we are to undertake here just previous to receiving immortality?
It is to preserve our bodies holy, our spirits pure, that we may stand
forth unstained amid the corruptions teeming around us in these last
days. And if this work is accomplished, we need to engage in it at
once, heartily and understandingly. Selfishness should not come in
here to influence us. The Spirit of God should have perfect control
of us, influencing us in all our actions. If we have a right hold on
Heaven, a right hold of the power that is from above, we shall feel the
sanctifying influence of the Spirit of God upon our hearts.
When we have tried to present the health reform to our brethren
and sisters, and have spoken to them of the importance of eating and
drinking and doing all that they do to the glory of God, many by their
actions have said, “It is nobody’s business whether I eat this or that.
Whatever we do, we are to bear the consequences ourselves.” Dear
friends, you are greatly mistaken. You are not the only sufferers from