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must become pure and holy, or be purged from our hands; for all that
is earthly, sensual, devilish, is a stumbling block to others and a curse
to the cause of God.
The sooner the ranks are purged from this class, the more surely
shall we see the salvation of God and the power of the truth in our
midst. It is because we are loaded down with those who have not been
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partakers of the divine nature, who have failed to escape the corruption
that is in the world through lust, that we have so much weakness and
feebleness in our midst. We must arouse. We must cleanse the camp
of Israel of its moral defilement.—
Letter 5, 1886
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Public Exposure Not Always Necessary—I do not want, unless
necessary, that the case of T shall be made public. I have a response
from him which acknowledges the testimony, but I do not want, for
the sake of his wife and children, to make [it] public. I pity the man
sincerely, and if I could do anything to recover either of these men from
the snare of the devil, I would do so. T takes a far better position than
Canright. Although both of these men have made many falsehoods
against me and our people, I am not embittered against them and do not
wish to injure [them], for I bear in mind that there is a judgment when
every man’s work will be brought in review before God, and every
man will receive of the great Judge according to his works.—
Letter
59, 1889
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