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- Chapter 8—In Every Place
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- The Church the Light of the World
- A Work of Tearing Down
- A Divinely Appointed Ministry
- The Time of Celestial Glory
- Miracles Not the Sign
- Beware of False Teachers
- Walk in Unity
- Chosen Watchmen
- No New Organization
- What Constitutes Babylon
- Poisonous Doctrines
- Following Rome
- Call to Come Out
- The Sins of Babylon
- The Doctrine of Eternal Torment
- Alliance with the World
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- A Hypocritical Fast
- The Acceptable Fast
- The Reward
- What Are We Worth?
- Personal Experience
- Our Privilege
- In God Is Our Strength
- Helping Establish A School
- Opportunities for Service
- Is Sister White Getting Rich?
- A Gift to Our Schools
- Perseverance Under Affliction
- A Pioneer
- Earnest, Untiring Activity
- Simple Agencies Will Be Used
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- The Home A School
- Influence of the Home
- Companionship of Angels
- Miracle-Working Powers
- Not Allowed to Drift
- Politeness and Courtesy
- Faith to Be Exercised
- Lessons in Fellowship
- Children to be Shielded From Contaminating Influences
- Evils of Newspapers
- An Unmistakable Distinction
- A Lesson from Israel
- Bible Principles Diligently Taught
- A Reformation Necessary
- Regarding Children
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- Dwell on Essential Themes
- Differing Experiences in Conversion
- Leave Christ Room to Work
- Idolizing Fine-Drawn Theories
- Detached Sentences
- Truth Mingled with Supposition
- Straining for Originality
- Talk Not of Divisions
- Walk Day by Day with God
- Harmonize with Your Brethren
- Avoid Foolish Contentions
- God's Way of Winning Souls
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A Work of Tearing Down
There is but one church in the world who are at the present time standing in the breach, and making up the hedge, building up the old waste places; and for any man to call the attention of the world and other churches to this church, denouncing her as Babylon, is to do a work in harmony with him who is the accuser of the brethren. Is it possible that men will arise from among us, who speak perverse things, and give voice to the very sentiments that Satan would have disseminated in the world in regard to those who keep the commandments of God, and have the faith of Jesus? Is there not work enough to satisfy your zeal in presenting the truth to those who are in the darkness of error?1NL 49.4
As those who have been made stewards of means and ability, you have been misapplying your Lord's goods in disseminating error. The whole world is filled with hatred of those who proclaim the binding claims of the law of God, and the church who are loyal to Jehovah must engage in no ordinary conflict. “We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Those who have any realization of what this warfare means, will not turn their weapons against the church militant, but with all their powers will wrestle with the people of God against the confederacy of evil.1NL 49.5
Those who start up to proclaim a message on their own individual responsibility, who, while claiming to be taught and led of God, still make it their special work to tear down that which God has been for years building up, are not doing the will of God. Be it known that these men are on the side of the great deceiver. Believe them not. They are allying themselves with the enemies of God and the truth. They will deride the order of the ministry as a system of priestcraft. From such turn away, have no fellowship with their message, however much they may quote the Testimonies and seek to intrench themselves behind them. Receive them not; for God has not given them this work to do. The result of such work will be unbelief in the Testimonies, and as far as possible, they will make of none effect the work that I have for years been doing.1NL 50.1
Almost my whole lifetime has been devoted to this work, but my burden has often been made heavier by the arising of men who went forth to proclaim a message that God had not given them. This class of evil workers have selected portions of the Testimonies and have placed them in the framework of error, in order by this setting to give influence to their false testimonies. When it is made manifest that their message is error, then the Testimonies brought into the companionship of error, share the same condemnation; and people of the world, who do not know that the Testimonies quoted are extracts from private letters used without my consent, present these matters as evidence that my work is not of God, or of truth, but falsehood. Those who thus bring the work of God into disrepute will have to answer before God for the work they are doing.1NL 50.2