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Nebraska; Oshawa, Ontario; and Montemorelos, Mexico.
] but that
if this proved a success, jealousy, evil surmisings, and covetousness
would arise. Efforts would be made to change the order of things,
and embrace the work among other interests at Battle Creek. Men are
very zealous to change the order of things, but the Lord forbids such a
consolidation. Every branch should be allowed to live, and do its own
work.
Mistakes will occur in every institution, but if the managers will
learn the lesson all must learn—to move guardedly—these errors will
not be repeated, and God will preside over the work. Every worker in
our institutions needs to make the Word of God his rule of action. Then
the blessing of God will rest on him. He cannot with safety dispense
with the truth of God as his guide and monitor. If man can take one
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breath without being dependent upon God, then he may lay aside
God’s pure, holy Word as Guidebook. The truth must take control
of the conscience and the understanding in all the work that is done.
The Holy Spirit must preside over thought and word and deed. It is to
direct in all temporal and spiritual actions.—
Letter 81, 1896
. (
Special
Instruction Relating to the Review and Herald Office, and The Work
in Battle Creek, 18
.)
Pacific Press and Foreign Publications—I approve of the efforts
that have been made to establish our German and Scandinavian pub-
lishing work at College View. [
After the Review and Herald plant
burned, in 1902, the printing of foreign publications was moved to
the College Press, College View, Nebraska, and later the work was
carried on under the name International Publishing Association. This
association was taken over by the Pacific Press Publishing Association
in 1915, but the building it occupies was destroyed by fire in 1916,
and a factory was built at Brookfield, Illinois. There the work contin-
ued until it was transferred in 1959 to the home office of the Pacific
Press Publishing Association at Mountain View, California.—SDAEN
983.
] I hope that plans will be devised for the encouragement and
strengthening of this work.
The whole burden of the work must not be left with our foreign
brethren. Nor should our brethren throughout the field leave too heavy
a load on the conferences near College View. The members of these
conferences should lead out and do their best, and all should come