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way seeking to gather to yourself the treasures of this life. You cannot
carry any of it into the grave. You will come up from the grave without
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anything, but if you have Jesus you will have everything. He is all
that you will require to stand the test of the day of God, and is not this
enough for you?—
Manuscript 20, 1894
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A Decided Stand—Men may raise up all the combativeness they
please, but the commandments of God are the commandments of God
still. We have decided to keep God’s commandments and live, and
[preserve] His law as the apple of our eye. Let men rail out against
the law of God and trample His commandment-keeping people under
their feet. Can they do it and live? It is impossible. God has His
measurement of character, and it is those who obey Him that live, and
those who keep His law as the apple of their eye that He preserves.—
Manuscript 5, 1891
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Offering Positions to New Sabbathkeepers—Among those who
embraced the truth at _____ last winter was a young man who left
the school that he was attending, in order to keep the Sabbath. He
was asked what he expected to do for a living. He replied, “God has
given me physical strength, and I will work in any capacity rather than
break His commandments.” Some felt anxious that he should be given
a place in the printing office, but one said, “No. When he shows that
he will obey God at any cost, then we shall know that he is the very
man we need in this office. But if he has not principle enough to do
this, he is just the man that we do not want.”
Elder _____ came to me, and asked me if he ought to give the
young man encouragement to think that he would be given a place in
the office. I said, “The God of heaven has presented before him the
eternal weight of glory that awaits the overcomer, and if like Moses,
he has respect unto the recompense of reward, he will take his position
decidedly on the side of truth. But it would do harm and not good to
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hold out before him any bribe or attraction. And yet your duty is to
help him to see that he must walk out by faith, but do not leave him to
wrestle this battle out alone, for Satan will tempt him, and you must
render him every help possible.”—
Manuscript 26, 1886
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Business Ties With Sabbathbreakers—There is need of a Sab-
bath reform among us, who profess to observe God’s holy rest day.
Some discuss their business matters and lay plans on the Sabbath, and