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of the enemy. Let the teachers take the students with them to hold
meetings for those who know not the truth. Thus they will accomplish
much more that they could in any other way.—
Testimonies for the
Church 9:233
.
The Triumph of Truth
Skepticism may treat the claims of God’s law with jest, scoffing,
and denial. The spirit of worldliness may contaminate the many and
control the few; the cause of God may hold its ground only by great
exertion and continual sacrifice; yet in the end of the truth will triumph
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gloriously.—
Prophets and Kings, 186
.
In the closing work of God in the earth, the standard of His law
will be again exalted. False religion may prevail, iniquity may abound,
the love of many may wax cold, the cross of Calvary may be lost sight
of, and darkness, like the pall of death, may spread over the world;
the whole force of the popular current may be turned against the truth;
plot after plot may be formed to overthrow the people of God; but
in the hour of greatest peril, the God of Elijah will raise up human
instrumentalities to bear a message that will not be silenced. In the
populous cities of the land, and in the places where men have gone
to the greatest lengths in speaking against the Most High, the voice
of stern rebuke will be heard. Boldly will men of God’s appointment
denounce the union of the church with the world. Earnestly will they
call upon men and women to turn from the observance of a man-made
institution to the observance of the true Sabbath.—
Prophets and Kings,
186, 187
.
Light in the Darkness
Among earth’s inhabitants, scattered in every land, there are those
who have not bowed the knee to Baal. Like the stars of heaven, which
appear only at night, these faithful ones will shine forth when darkness
covers the earth and gross darkness the people. In heathen Africa, in
the Catholic lands of Europe and of South America, in China, in India,
in the islands of the sea, and in all the dark corners of the earth, God has
in reserve a firmament of chosen ones that will yet shine forth amidst
the darkness revealing clearly to an apostate world the transforming