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thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither
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cold or hot, I will spew thee out of My mouth. Because thou sayest,
I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and
knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind,
and naked: I counsel thee to buy of Me gold tried in the fire, that thou
mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and
that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes
with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.”
Shall any one of us let the shame of our nakedness appear in the use
of our God-given faculties of speech, and in the use of our pen? Shall
we not consider that Christ’s righteousness in His perfect obedience
to His Father’s commandments was the cause of His crucifixion. By
perfect obedience to the law of Jehovah we are to magnify the law and
make it honorable. What mean these words placed before the people
of God, who, against great obstacles, are trying to fight the good fight
of faith, saying, “We will not bow the knee to Baal, or give glory or
honor to any who do this”?
Divine blessedness is pronounced upon those who keep the com-
mandments, and a curse He declares against those who transgress His
law. And shall the pen or voice stoop to bestow laurels upon those
who have been leaders in carrying the banner of Satan, declaring that
the institution of the papacy shall receive the honor? The faculties
God has given us for His name’s glory, have been misappropriated,
and been used to bring in rebel sentiments. That human beings should
exalt and worship the human agency who has been engaged in a work
in direct opposition to the work God has given His people to do in
these last days is altogether contrary to His purpose. Why do we see
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such blindness? The least anyone could do is to show their eloquence
before the universe of heaven, before worlds unfallen and a fallen
world in keeping silent....
Present Vital Matters—Suppose our teachers and students should
have more to teach and write in regard to those things which are now to
be fulfilled, and which concern the eternal welfare of souls. Suppose
that pen and voice should give meat in due season to the old and the
young, to saints and to sinners. Let the many things that might be said
to awaken the church from its slumbers be spoken without losing any
more time in dwelling on those things which are not essential, and that
have no bearing upon the present necessities of our people or upon