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Page 25 of 56Song of Solomon 13:8
@@@^Find out what your work is, then arise early and do it faithfully “in the selfsame day” with a smile. Work and sunshine will not only do you much good but will prevent you from committing a slow suicide, for without exercise, fresh air and sunshine you cannot live your full age, and the time you live your life will be unpleasant to yourself and burdensome to others.
Isaiah 3:1
@@@^Inasmuch as Present Truth believers are faithfully straining their ears in an anxious endeavor to catch all the news waves from this anti-typical hill of “green pastures,” to which the prophet Micah’s attention was called long ago (Micah 7:14), we fear they will be greatly disappointed if we say nothing of its activities; therefore, we are happy to send forth a few lines of greeting from Mother Nature at Mt. Carmel.
Isaiah 7:3
@@@^I have been a believer in the “The Shepherd’s Rod” message now for nearly one year. My wife and I lost our position at Birmingham, Ala., for standing up for the “The Shepherd’s Rod” message, but we are thankful that the dear people with whom I studied at Birmingham are still faithful; some of them have definitely taken their stand for Present Truth. My only desire is to carry this message to our brethren in the church before it is too late . . .
Isaiah 7:5
@@@^@@Dear Brothers and Sisters:@^Last fall in studying the “Temple Chart,” we ran into what appeared to be conflicting statements, but as we feared that we might be turning aside light from the Lord, we set to work, trying to run down the discrepancy. After three months of intense study, I have not been able to disprove a single thing, and though I find that much history is lost, there remains sufficient evidence to justify one’s faith and confidence in the study. I find the subject intensely interesting, and I am glad for the time spent: it proves to me that this is a message from God, urging us to clean up and prepare for the fulfillment of Ezekiel 9. It is plain that no one will receive the seal of God if he continues sinning or neglecting to sigh and cry for the abominations in the church. (Vol. 5 p. 210.) @3(Signed) R. F. G.@4Portland, Ore.
Isaiah 8:2
@@@^Those who are too young in the faith are not required to understand more of the teachings in “The Shepherd’s Rod” than time has permitted them, but they are under obligation to continue studying and to “sigh and cry for all the abominations” in the church. There is no excuse for neglecting this duty. The existing evils in the church are very easily recognized and one must speak even though one may not understand every point of the doctrines.
Isaiah 8:6
@@@^The whole world will be urged to receive the seal of God and also the mark of the beast. There will be in the Advent message many who will yield for the time being to the pleading of the Spirit, but who will, before completely surrendering to God, “yield their faith and thus receive the mark of the beast.”
Isaiah 8:8
@@@^“The Shepherd’s Rod” has cleared many perplexing questions to which we were not able to give an answer before it came, and in addition to these, it has brought forth great light from the Word of God on prophecies which heretofore have appeared to be only mysteries, and it is true that no other two volumes in the world contain so much light. But you say, “If every point on these subjects is not understood, it will be a source of doubt in our minds and perhaps @9loss of all faith@7 we now have.” If you understand everything else, and these few minor points be the only things which you do not understand, you may have a good reason for your doubts, but inasmuch as you do not understand it all, I hope you may take the following advice of the Spirit of Prophecy:
Isaiah 8:10
@@@^While God has given ample evidence for faith, He will never remove all excuse for unbelief. All who look for hooks to hang their doubts upon, will find them. And those who refuse to accept and obey God’s word until every objection has been removed, and there is no longer an opportunity for doubt, will never come to the light.”—“The Great Controversy,” p. 527.
Jeremiah 3:3
@@@^From Pueblo, we went to Florence, Colorado, where we spent a few hours with the faithful believers in that place, and after dining at the home of Brother and Sister Skeels, we departed for Denver, where we spent from Monday until Friday, studying the message with a nice group every evening and visiting and studying in the homes of others during the day. Sister Hill is in charge of the company in Pueblo, and Brother Skeels at Florence, and Dr. W. S. Butterbaugh in Denver. The Lord came very near to us in our meeting in Colorado, and we believe all who attended were blessed by His Holy Presence, which resulted in a stronger determination than ever, by all of us, to live and labor for the Master only.
Jeremiah 5:8
@@@^As I see that some who profess to believe in Present Truth must be nursed so much, my soul is prostrated before the Lord in behalf of them. Sometimes I almost lose patience with them. Pray for me that my faith fail not. I long to see a revival of the spirit of 1844, but appeal after appeal falls on ears that are dull of hearing and on hearts that are asleep. With their mouths they confess the truth, but they remain inactive and asleep. Yet they seem to be so honest and sincere that I hesitate to call their attention to things that I know I must. I cannot understand why reformers, having so much light as we, should have to be nursed like this. It is a mystery to me why they do not get out and work for their brethren, and thus gain a blessing for themselves. I wish that you would write along these lines in the Code. @3(Signed) J. H. Y.
Jeremiah 6:6
@@@^“And as the disciples declared that there is salvation in no other name under heaven, given among men, so, also, should the servants of God faithfully and fearlessly warn those who embrace but a part of the truths connected with the third message, that they must gladly receive all the messages as God has given them, or have no part in the matter.”—“Early Writings,” pp. 43, 44, 48, 64, 67, 188, 189.
Jeremiah 10:7
@@@^“‘Those who have not been baptized since 1844 will have to be baptized before Jesus comes. . . . I saw that those who have been baptized as a door into the churches, will have to be baptized as a door into the faith.’—First written, Aug. 24, 1850—‘California Missionary,’ Feb. 10, 1901.”
Jeremiah 11:9
@@@^There is nothing that can take the life of the 144,000. “Satan wished to have the privilege of destroying the saints of the Most High; but Jesus bade His angels watch over them. God would be honored by making a covenant with those who had kept His law, in the sight of the heathen round about them; and Jesus would be honored by translating, without their seeing death, the faithful, waiting ones who had so long expected Him.”—“Early Writings,” p. 283.
Jeremiah 12:10
@@@^Can you keep sweet when all around you are going wrong and blaming it on you?@^Can you be hated and not give way to hating?@^Can you hold on when there is nothing on earth to hold to?@^Can you have faith in God to go work in His vineyard today when the flour-barrel is empty and the last dollar on earth is gone?@^Can you wait upon the Lord and not be tired by waiting?@^Can you hear people say that you are the smartest man on earth and yet remember that you are only a fool?@^Can you mingle with the modern crowd and yet retain your virtue?@^Can you hear friends say nice things about you and yet not look too smart nor talk too wise?@^Can you hold the esteem of your friends after once gaining it?@^Can you walk with the great men of earth and remember not to forget the lowly child, Jesus of Bethlehem?@^Can you live in this fault-finding and back-biting generation and not talk about your neighbor?@^Can you remain the same when your brethren are slandering you both by tongue and by pen?@^Can you be driven from the church that you love more than your life, and close the door for the last time with a sweet smile and a gentle good-by?@^Can you have your very heart crushed by your superior and yet love and thank him for his kindness?@^If you can, my brother, you are the man for the hour.@3—By JAMES F. FERGUSON@4El Morro, New Mexico.
Lamentations 2:4
@@@^The conditions further prove that this scripture meets its fulfillment now, because the church at the present time has, by her institutions, entangled herself with the institutions of the world, but we thank the Lord that years ago the “Spirit of Prophecy” predicted that “somebody was to come in the spirit and power of Elijah” (“Testimonies to Ministers,” p. 475), and that “God will have men who are true to duty. At the right time He sends His faithful messengers to do a work similar to that of Elijah.” (“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 5, p. 254.)
Lamentations 7:2
@@@^The question of missions, in the interest of those who are not of the faith, is not as important as our mission to the church, for by enlarging the church membership now, under the present prevailing, undesirable conditions, there would be no greater benefit to the advancement of the kingdom of Christ than there was in the days of His first advent, at which time John the Baptist, Christ Himself, and the Apostles, in their beginning, engaged themselves solely in the interest of the church.
Lamentations 10:9
@@@^In this short discourse, we see that the Apostle does not urge celibacy, but that he plainly states, in verse 2, that “to avoid fornication, let @9every @7man have his own wife, and let @9every@7 woman have her own husband”; and that concerning those who are of the same faith, if they should for any reason separate, let them not marry another, but try to be reconciled (verse 11); but happier yet: “Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.” (verse 27.) “Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called” (verse 20), and learn to be content as “I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.” (Phil. 4:11.)
Ezekiel 3:1
@@@^Much to our regret, it has become necessary for us to make public a criticism that some teachers of the SRod message have been reported to have fallen into the grievous evil of becoming overly zealous to establish their converts in the duty of tithe paying, which results in diverting the minds of the people from the main object of our message; that is, it leads to formalism and Pharisaism, and leaves the people asleep in their sins, hoping that their faithful tithe paying will, without change of habits and practices, insure their salvation.
Ezekiel 3:3
@@@^Hence, if we faithfully acquit ourselves of our charge, doing all in our power to bring souls to a saving knowledge of the truth, we need be concerned neither about God’s getting poor nor our going hungry, for where the heart is, there the treasure is also, and if we seek first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, all these things shall be added unto us. (Matt. 6:33.)
Ezekiel 5:6
@@@^“Who can truthfully say, ‘Our gold is tried in the fire; our garments are unspotted by the world’? I saw our Instructor pointing to the garments of so-called righteousness. Stripping them off, He laid bare the defilement beneath. Then He said to me: ‘Can you not see how they have pretentiously covered up their defilement and rottenness of character? ‘How is the faithful city become an harlot?’ My Father’s house is made a house of merchandise, a place whence the divine presence and glory have departed! For this cause there is weakness, and strength is lacking.