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so that we shall say as did the disciples, “Did not our heart burn within
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us, while he talked with us by the way?”....
To those who love Christ, the Bible is as the garden of God; whose
promises are as grateful to the heart as the fragrance of flowers to
the senses. Then take up your Bibles, and with fresh interest, begin
to study the sacred records of the Old and New Testaments. Work
the field of precious truth, until you have a deeper comprehension
of the mercy and love of God, who gave His only-begotten Son to
the world, that through Him we might have life.—
Letter 31, 1891
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Special Testimonies Concerning the Work and Workers in the Pacific
Press, 32-34
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Using Your Influence on the Side of Truth—There will be sea-
sons of severe trial for those connected with our institutions; but if
you know the Source of your strength, you need not be overcome.
Whatever influence God has given you, He requires you to throw on
the side of truth, of godliness. In making men, women, and children
better by pointing them to the cross of Calvary, you are doing the
work He has given you to do. True Bible Christians will have an
influence that will lead other minds. You, as Christians, have a weight
of responsibility which no one can take from you.—
Letter 74, 1896
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Special Testimony to the Managers and Workers in our Institutions,
21
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Walk in the Light of God—The Lord has given great light to
those in the office of publication at Oakland, and some who for a time
walked in the light afterward failed to do so, by not continually keeping
the heart surrendered to God, and the result was that darkness came
upon them. They lost their sense of sin, and did those things which
the Lord had plainly shown them they ought not to do. God forces no
man’s will. All are left free to choose whom they will serve. They
may listen to the suggestions of Satan, and come to look upon matters
as he does, reasoning after the same manner, and the result will be that
they will follow the same course of stubborn resistance to the light
that Satan pursued in the courts of heaven. Those who reject the light
which God sends them will walk in sparks of their own kindling, and
will lie down in sorrow at last....
I have been aroused by the Spirit of the Lord to sound an alarm,
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that these world-bound souls may be awakened to the peril in which
they are placed through their course of backsliding. For Christ’s sake,