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printed are posted up along our streets to allure the eyes and deprave
the morals. These presentations are of such a character as to stir up
the basest passions of the human heart through corrupt imaginings.
These corrupt imaginings are followed by defiling practices like those
in which the Sodomites indulged. But the most terrible part of the
evil is that it is practiced under the garb of sanctity. Our youth will be
defiled, their thoughts degraded, and their souls polluted unless they
are barricaded with the truth.—
Letter 1, 1875
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Sodom’s Sins Today—We are not ignorant of the fall of Sodom
because of the corruption of its inhabitants. The prophet has here
[
Ezekiel 16:49
] specified the particular evils which led to dissolute
morals. We see the very sins now existing in the world which were
in Sodom and which brought upon her the wrath of God, even to her
utter destruction.—
The S.D.A. Bible Commentary 4:1161
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Strange Abandonment of Principle—Is there not enough tran-
spiring about us to show us the dangers that beset our path? Ev-
erywhere are seen wrecks of humanity, broken-down family altars,
broken-up families. There is a strange abandonment of principle,
the standard of morality is lowered, and the earth is fast becoming a
Sodom. The Sodomitish practices which brought the judgment of God
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upon the world, and caused it to be deluged with water, and which
caused Sodom to be destroyed by fire, are fast increasing. We are
nearing the end. God has borne long with the perversity of mankind,
but their punishment is no less certain. Let those who profess to be the
light of the world, depart from all iniquity.—
The Review and Herald,
November 10, 1885
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Impurity is today widespread, even among the professed followers
of Christ. Passion is unrestrained; the animal propensities are gaining
strength by indulgence, while the moral powers are constantly becom-
ing weaker.... The sins that destroyed the antediluvians and the cities
of the plain exist today—not merely in heathen lands, not only among
popular professors of Christianity, but with some who profess to be
looking for the coming of the Son of man. If God should present these
sins before you as they appear in His sight, you would be filled with
shame and terror.—
Testimonies for the Church 5:218
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