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were to make no compromise with the idolatrous nations with which
they were brought in contact, but were to stand loyal to their faith,
bearing as a special honor the name of worshipers of the God who
created the heavens and the earth.—
Testimonies for the Church 8:153
.
As our work has extended and institutions have multiplied, God’s
purpose in their establishment remains the same. The conditions of
prosperity are unchanged.—
Testimonies for the Church 6:224
.
God’s Appointed Instrumentalities—The Echo Office [Aus-
tralian Publishing House in Melbourne] is God’s appointed instru-
mentality, over which He has a constant, watchful care. The Lord
has shown me that there has not been among the workers a sense of
the sacredness of this important center; they have not realized that it
is God’s by appointment, designed by Him to accomplish the work
essential to be done in this part of the world, to prepare a people to
stand in the great day of the Lord....
The Lord calls for the men who are connected with sacred things
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to be as true as steel to His work and to the cause of God. His instru-
mentalities are to be first in all their thoughts and plans; they are to be
guarded as a sacred matter. The Lord’s coworkers are to use every jot
of their entrusted ability and knowledge for Him....
The enemy moves very slowly and cautiously if he sees that this
will deter the work from advancing. At times, moderation has been
a sin of unbelief. But when he sees that delay will injure his plans,
he creates circumstances which apparently make it necessary to move
hastily, without due consideration....
The work is not yours, but the Lord’s; and none are to become
fainthearted. The angels have a constant care over the work.... The
enemy is seeking to use every device which will cripple this institution.
He seeks to make it a common thing through those whom He connects
with it. When the workers are educated to think of this great center
as related to God and under His supervision, when they realize that it
is a channel through which light from heaven is to be communicated
to the world, great respect and reverence will be shown to it. The
best thoughts and noblest feelings will be cultivated and brought into
the work, that the heavenly intelligences may cooperate with human
beings.
As the workers realize that they are in the presence of angels,
whose eyes are too pure to behold iniquity, what strong restraint they