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suffering wife. You have held your influence over Ira K, and he
dare not break it; he dare not displease you.... You have, like the
archdeceiver, framed lies, and have worked upon a mind that was
degraded and cheapened and perverted by his own sin to make him
view things in altogether a distorted light.
Now, if God has touched your heart, as I sincerely hope He has,
you will humble your heart, you will fall upon the Rock and be broken.
You will confess your sins, and forever forsake them, and begin a new
life. You will now have things brought to your remembrance in regard
to your course of action toward a worn, burdened child of God—Sister
K. She has had her faults, but she has not despised reproof. She has
ever been ready to bow to the light and will of God.
But as your case has been opened before me, and as your sins have
been pointed out to me, I have kept them to myself, hoping that a time
would come when your hard spirit might be softened. I now implore
you to seek the salvation of your soul before it shall be forever too late.
The sins of fault-finding with Sister K are light in comparison with
your sin and that of her husband. You have both been weaving a net
about yourselves that has been growing firm as bands of steel, but the
judgments of God will not be long deferred if you continue on in the
way you have been.
God’s Forbearance, Then God’s Wrath—God keeps a record
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of the sins of nations and of individuals, and when they have reached a
certain measure they are full; then when the long forbearance of God
is exhausted, His wrath slumbereth not. If necessary, I can show you
the reproofs given Ira K. I can no longer call him Brother, for he is not
a Christian. I have labored to keep him from the depths of despair, all
the time hoping that he would see the evil of his course, that he would
repent before he had grieved away the last ray of the mercy of God
forever.
But I have been shown that he sets his mind and heart against
rightdoing and receives your cruel influence as truth. You have helped
him to turn from those who are his true friends, who would exert an
influence to save his soul. It is time for me to speak. Ira K does not
want me to come to his home. He does not want me near him, for he
fears God will rebuke his wicked course, and yours.
I dare not keep these things from you. I hope you will now seek
the Lord with your whole heart, that you may find Him. Better go in