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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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Christ's Presence Means Advance
Let us strive with earnestness for the victory over sin. Let us be determined not to give place to the enemy by criticizing, by picking flaws, by demeriting others, and seeking to be first. Let us study the prayer made in our behalf, and work for its fulfillment. Let us keep our eyes fixed upon the perfect Pattern. The only way to avoid dissension and strife is to behold Him who came to this world to save sinners. It is for this object that His followers are to work. They are to yoke up with the Saviour, learning of Him His meekness and lowliness. He says to us, “Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.” Matthew 28:20. How then can there be dissension and strife among us? If we live as in Christ's presence, there will be no contention. There will be no hesitancy about introducing new plans of action, as the Holy Spirit may move upon some one to suggest them.MR311 34.3
Christ's presence means advance. He imbues men, women, and children with a sense of individual responsibility. We need to feel the sacred, sanctifying influence of the Holy Spirit, that we may hear Christ saying to us, “Follow Me.” “He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” (John 8:12)...MR311 35.1
There are many who stand with a stone in their hand, waiting to place it before the wheel. But the Holy Spirit can so convert these hindering ones that they will be prepared to place the stone behind the wheel, so that it will not roll back. Let us each seek to be ready to place the stone in the proper position.—Letter 65, 1900.MR311 35.2