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show them their sin and danger? We must proclaim the third angel’s
message.
What is the Sentinel for, but to be the voice of the watchmen on
the walls of Zion, to sound the danger signal. We are not to cringe
and beg pardon of the world for telling them the truth: we should
scorn concealment. Unfurl your colors to meet the case of men and
angels. Let it be understood that Seventh-day Adventists can make no
compromise. In your opinions and faith there must not be the least
appearance of wavering; the world has a right to know what to expect
of us, and will look upon us as dishonest, as hiding our real sentiments
and principles out of policy, if we carry even the semblance of being
uncommitted till the popular voice has pointed out the safe way. The
Comforter, the Holy Spirit, which Christ said He would send into the
world, was to bear an unwavering testimony.—
Manuscript 16, 1890
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Hold Distinctive Features Prominent—The religion of Jesus is
endangered. It is being mingled with worldliness. Worldly policy is
taking the place of the true piety and wisdom that comes from above,
and God will remove His prospering hand from the conference. Shall
the ark of the covenant be removed from this people? Shall idols be
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smuggled in? Shall false principles and false precepts be brought into
the sanctuary? Shall antichrist be respected? Shall the true doctrines
and principles given us by God, which have made us what we are, be
ignored? Shall God’s instrumentality, the publishing house, become a
mere political, worldly institution? This is directly where the enemy,
through blinded, unconsecrated men, is leading us.
These things have gone as far as they should without someone
protesting against them in plain words. The Lord’s time to set things
in order has fully come. There are men in positions of trust who
have not had an experience in the leading out of this work, and these
men should walk with humility and caution. In the night season I
was present in several councils, and there I heard words repeated by
influential men to the effect that if the American Sentinel would drop
the word Seventh-day Adventist from its columns, and would say
nothing about the Sabbath, the great men of the world would patronize
it; it would become popular, and do a larger work. This looked very
pleasing. These men could not see why we could not affiliate with
unbelievers and non-professors to make the American Sentinel a great