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Right Methods, Principles, and Motives
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If the Majesty of heaven guarded
His
every word lest
He
should
stir up the spirit of Satan and the fallen angels, how much more
careful should
we
be in all things!
Correct Principles
I must speak to my brethren, nigh and afar off. I cannot hold
my peace. They are not working on correct principles. Those who
stand in responsible positions must not feel that their position of
importance makes them men of infallible judgment. All the works
of men are under the Lord’s jurisdiction. It will be altogether safe
for men to consider that there is knowledge with the Most High.
Those who trust in God and His wisdom, and not in their own, are
walking in safe paths. They will never feel that they are authorized
to muzzle even the ox that treads out the grain; and how offensive
it is for men to control the human agent who is in partnership with
God and to whom the Lord Jesus has said: “Come unto Me, all ye
that
labor
and are
heavy-laden
, and I will give you rest. Take My
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yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart:
and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My
burden is light.” “We are laborers together with God: ye are God’s
husbandry, ye are God’s building.”
Our Duty to Extend the Work
Let forces be set at work to clear new ground, to establish new,
living interests wherever an opening can be found. Let men learn
how to pray earnestly, short and right to the point. Let them learn
to speak of the world’s Redeemer, to lift up the Man of Calvary
higher and still higher. Transplant trees out of your thickly planted
nursery. God is not glorified in centering such immense advantages
in one place. We need wise nurserymen who will transplant trees
to different localities and give them advantages whereby they may
grow. It is a positive duty to go into regions beyond. Rally workers
who possess true missionary zeal, and let them go forth to diffuse
light and knowledge far and near. Let them take the living principles
of health reform into communities that to a large degree are ignorant
of what they should do. Let men and women teach these principles
to classes that cannot have the advantages of the large sanitarium