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- The Authority of the Church
- Power Delegated to the Church
- The Unity of the Church
- The United Effort of Believers
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- Thorough Organization Essential
- Organization Till the End
- Judgment of the General Conference
- The Dawn of a Glorious Day
- God Will Guide to the End
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- The Church As A Garden
- Cedars of the Vale
- A Harmonious Whole
- Exact Methods Not To Be Prescribed
- Safeguard Your Brother's Influence
- Independent Experiments
- Avoid Self-Confidence
- Danger of Elation Through Success
- Independent Judgment To Be Subservient
- None To Strike Out Alone
- Be Sure Of The Spirit's Guidance
- A Needful Discipline
- In Union There Is Strength
- Counsel Together And Seek Higher Counsel
- Self Restraint Necessary
- Union With Brethren Who Try Us
- Unity, With Diverse Dispositions
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- To Counsel, As Equals
- Give the Workers Freedom
- Unity and Freedom in Council Meetings
- Remembering One's Own Mistakes
- Acting in Christ's Stead
- Patience Under Condemnation
- Pointing Out Duty in a Compulsory Way
- Satan Fiercely Assails Responsible Men
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- Christ's Presence Means Advance
- Respect for Humble Workers
- Recognition of a Brother's Gift
- Every Work Brought Into Judgment
- Public Exposure of a Worker's Mistakes
- Unjust Charges
- Measuring Out Hard Judgment
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- God is Leading
- No Call for Despondency
- Words of Confidence and Encouragement
- In the Closing Work
- Many Will Be Stirred
- Workers From All Classes
- Hundreds of Workers
- When the Church is Awakened
- The Message Will Go With Power
- Final Success Dependent on Unity
- An Assurance That There Will Be Unity
- At the Eleventh Hour
- Thousands Will Acknowledge the Truth
- Harvest Proportional to Agencies Used
- Victory from Apparent Defeat
- An All-Absorbing Question
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Danger of Elation Through Success
The Lord has given abundant evidence of the truthfulness of His promises and threatenings. His people may trust His word. Will they then, in the face of light and evidence, follow a course of their own choosing, independent of God's ordained agencies. Even good men need to be guarded on every hand, lest they shall become so elated over the blessings God has given them that the applause and praise from worldlings, shall be as a stimulus for them to display their great wisdom and acquisitions.MR311 21.2
The Lord sees, the Lord knows, He will certainly humble all such aspirations; for He hates pride and selfishness and covetousness. The more prosperous the work may be in itself, the less appropriate is it for men to exalt themselves, as though they were the ones who should be lifted up. Our trust must be in God. He has entrusted men with abilities and capabilities, that they may act a prominent part in His work. Let them take heed how they shall exalt themselves.—Letter 93, 1900.MR311 21.3