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word of approval from God! but no, they must hunger and thirst on.
Day after day have they slighted salvation, prizing earthly riches and
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earthly pleasure higher than any heavenly treasure or inducement.
They have rejected Jesus and despised His saints. The filthy must
remain filthy forever.”
Many of the wicked were greatly enraged as they suffered the
effects of the plagues. It was a scene of fearful agony. Parents were
bitterly reproaching their children, and children their parents, broth-
ers their sisters, and sisters their brothers. Loud, wailing cries were
heard in every direction, “It was you who kept me from receiving the
truth which would have saved me from this awful hour.” The people
turned upon their ministers with bitter hate and reproached them,
saying, “You have not warned us. You told us that all the world was
to be converted, and cried, Peace, peace, to quiet every fear that was
aroused. You have not told us of this hour; and those who warned us
of it you declared to be fanatics and evil men, who would ruin us.”
But I saw that the ministers did not escape the wrath of God. Their
suffering was tenfold greater than that of their people.