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Chapter 14—Appeals for Truth and Loyalty
[The articles in this section are from Special Testimonies, Series A
9:3-15 (1897).]
“All Ye are Brethren”
March 8, 1895.
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 whom the Lord Jesus has invited: “Come
unto Me, all ye that
labor
and are
heavy-laden
, and I will give you
rest. Take My 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.”
The Lord has not placed any one of His human agencies under
the dictation and control of those who are themselves but erring
mortals. He has not placed upon men the power to say, You shall
do this, and you shall not do that. But there is a power exercised in
Battle Creek that God has not given, and He will judge those who
assume this authority. They have somewhat of the same spirit that
led Uzzah to lay his hand on the ark to steady it, as though God was
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not able to care for His sacred symbols. Far less of man’s power
and authority should be exercised toward God’s human agencies.
Brethren, leave God to rule.
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