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Workers with God
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Be sure that God has not laid upon those who remain away from
these foreign fields of labor the burden of criticizing the ones on the
ground where the work is being done. Those who are not on the
ground know nothing about the necessities of the situation, and if
they cannot say anything to help those who are on the ground, let
them not hinder, but show their wisdom by the eloquence of silence,
and attend to the work that is close at hand. I protest against the zeal
that they manifest that is not according to knowledge, when they
ventilate their ideas about foreign fields of labor.
Let the Lord work with the men who are on the ground, and let
those who are not on the ground walk humbly with God, lest they get
out of their place, and lose their bearings. The Lord has not placed
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the burden of criticizing the work upon those who have taken this
burden, and He does not give them the sanction of His Holy Spirit.
Many move according to their own human judgment, and zealously
seek to adjust things that God has not placed in their hands. Just as
long as we are in the world, we shall have to do a special work for
the world; the message of warning is to go to all countries, tongues,
and peoples.
The Lord does not move upon His workers to make them take
a course which will bring on the time of trouble before the time.
Let them not build up a wall of separation between themselves and
the world, by advancing their own ideas and notions. There is now
altogether too much of this throughout our borders. The message
of warning has not reached large numbers of the world in the very
cities that are right at hand, and to number Israel is not to work after
God’s order.
Favors to be Received as Well as Imparted
Just as long as we are in this world, and the Spirit of God is
striving with the world, we are to receive as well as to impart favors.
We are to give to the world the light of truth as presented in the
Sacred Scriptures, and we are to receive from the world that which
God moves upon them to do in behalf of His cause. The Lord still
moves upon the hearts of kings and rulers in behalf of His people,
and it becomes those who are so deeply interested in the religious
liberty question not to cut off any favors, or withdraw themselves