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Appeals for Truth and Loyalty
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truth, the Lord is about to turn and overturn in the institutions [
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] called by His name.
Just how soon this refining process will begin I cannot say, but
it will not be long deferred. He whose fan is in His hand will
cleanse His temple of its moral defilement. He will thoroughly
purge His floor. God has a controversy with all who practice the
least injustice; for in so doing they reject the authority of God and
imperil their interest in the atonement, the redemption which Christ
has undertaken for every son and daughter of Adam. Will it pay to
take a course abhorrent to God? Will it pay to put upon your censers
strange fire to offer before God, and say it makes no difference?
It has not been after God’s order to center so much in Battle
Creek. The state of things now exists that was presented before me
as a warning. I am sick at heart at the representation. The Lord gave
warnings to prevent this demoralizing condition of things, but they
have not been heeded. “Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt
have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth
good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden underfoot of
men.”
I appeal to my brethren to wake up. Unless a change takes place
speedily, I must give the facts to the people; for this state of things
must change; unconverted men must no longer be managers and
directors in so important and sacred work. With David we are forced
to say, “It is time for Thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void
Thy law.”
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The Lord Has a Controversy With His People
[Special Testimonies, Series A 9:37-50 (1897).]
Cooranbong, Australia,
July 5, 1896
Care should be given to teach every man his dependence upon
God; for He is the source of all wisdom and power and efficiency.
I have been shown that it is a mistake to suppose that the men
in positions of special responsibility at Battle Creek have wisdom
which is far superior to that of ordinary men. Those who think that
they have, supposing them to have divine enlightenment, rely upon