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mighty in counsel; but the Lord will work. Those who have criticized
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the work of God need to have their eyes anointed, for they have felt
mighty in their own strength; but there is One who can bind the arm
of the mighty, and bring to naught the counsels of the prudent.
“The message we have to bear is not a message that men need
to cringe to declare. They are not to seek to cover it, to conceal its
origin and purpose. Its advocates must be men who will not hold their
peace day nor night. As those who have made solemn vows to God,
and who have been commissioned as the messengers of Christ, as
stewards of the mysteries of the grace of God, we are under obligation
to declare faithfully the whole counsel of God. We are not to make less
prominent the special truths that have separated us from the world and
made us what we are; for they are fraught with eternal interests. God
has given us light in regard to the things that are now taking place in
the last remnant of time, and with pen and voice we are to proclaim the
truth to the world, not in a tame, spiritless way, but in demonstration
of the Spirit and power of God. The mightiest conflicts are involved in
the furtherance of the message, and the results of its promulgation are
of moment to both heaven and earth.
“The controversy between the two great powers of good and evil
is soon to be ended; but to the time of its close, there will be continual
and sharp contests. We should now purpose, as did Daniel and his
fellows in Babylon, that we will be true to principle, come what may.
The flaming fiery furnace heated seven times hotter than it was wont
to be heated, did not cause these faithful servants of God to turn aside
from allegiance to the truth. They stood firm in the time of trial, and
were cast into the furnace; and they were not forsaken of God. The
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form of the Fourth was seen walking with them in the flames, and they
came forth not having even the smell of fire upon their garments.”
“Today the world is full of flatterers and dissemblers; but God
forbid that those who claim to be guardians of sacred trusts, shall
betray the interests of God’s cause through the insinuating suggestions
and devices of the enemy of all righteousness.
“There is no time now to range ourselves on the side of the trans-
gressors of God’s law, to see with their eyes, to hear with their ears,
and to understand with their perverted senses. We must press together.
We must labor to become a unit, to be holy in life and pure in character.
Let those who profess to be servants of the living God no longer bow