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3:3

@@@^And still worse, though the Denomination takes away from the laity everything possible, she does nothing for them in time of need! But for you Elders she does everything that is to be done, although it is the laity who by hardship and sacrifice provide the means! Yes, you spend your last days in respect, comfort, and luxury, but when the laity get old and sick, or die empty-handed, you commit their cases to the world’s charity institutions! What selfishness! What hardness of heart! What inequality and reproach against Christ! By taking their living away from them, and by doing nothing for them in time of need, you have thus forced them to take life insurance and thus to sin against God!

4:1

@@@^It is high time, Elders, for you to know that there is to be a stop to this robbery and that there is to be a reckoning, too, that there is a just God that taketh vengeance upon the unjust. Let us now turn to the more sure word of prophecy and see what it has to say on the subject:

5:2

@@@^Moreover, since this scripture promises peace and security such as have never been since sin came in, and since it predicts the reformation now taking place among the laity throughout Laodicea, these are sure signs that this scriptures is now being fulfilled right before your eyes; that God has dismissed you Elders as much as He dismissed king Saul of old for taking what he had plainly been told not to take; that antitypical David and the perfect peace are at hand, that “those who have proved themselves unfaithful will not then be entrusted with the flock” (@9Testimonies@7, Vol. 5, p. 80); that now “in the shaking testing time” the hidden faithful servants (the faithful laity) are being “disclosed to view”; that “few great men will be engaged” in this solemn work; that now “the gold will be separated from the dross.” — @9Testimonies@7, Vol. 5, pp. 80, 81.

5:3

@@@^Inspiration thus plainly reveals that Ezekiel 34 points to this very time, and that it is a Heaven-sent message especially for you, Elders. God forbid that you should overlook this freshly revealed truth, or neglect to take heed to it and to reform.

6:3

@@@^God has ordained that the ministry be supported by the tithe, but you elders are consuming everything — tithe, freewill offerings, plate collections, harvest ingathering, legacies and what not! And though the Spirit of Prophecy instructed you years ago to pay the ministerial college teachers from the tithe (@9Testimonies@7, Vol. 6, p. 215), you still continue to pay them by collecting tuition and entrance fees from the students! You thus cheat the students in order to use on yourselves their rightful part of the tithe! The Sabbath and the church you have turned Into institutions of gain instead of rest, prayer, praise, and study. All this you do to feed yourselves and still you do not have enough. What a bottomless pit your stomachs must be! Do you still deny that you have eaten up the vineyard?

7:2

@@@^Your hoarding the spoil of the poor, misinterpreting the Scriptures, undermining confidence in the prophets (as the letter previous to this one reveals), and keeping God’s people in darkness concerning the judgment for the living (“great and dreadful day of the Lord’) are wickedness such as never was! If you are doing these wicked things blindly then why not now confess to the Lord that He is correct in saying that you are “wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked” — in need of everything instead of in need of nothing (Rev. 3:17). Repent of your unbelief and be forgiven and reinstate in your ministerial post.

10:1

@@@^Your gossip that you have squelched the @9Rod@7, that it is dying out, is another false statement. No, not the @9Rod@7. Do not forget that graft like yours is what nailed the theses to the doors of the Wittenberg cathedral. The theses you see are now being nailed on the doors of everyone who sponsors and supports these outrageous crimes of robbing the laity and of keeping them in darkness of God’s Truth for this time.

10:3

@@@^It is certain that if you are to escape alive from the vengeance of God, these facts you Elders now dare not deny, neither dare you refuse to arise and as loud as you possibly can proclaim revival and reformation throughout the breadth and length of Laodicea. No, these are not vain words, Elders. Hear what the ensuing paragraphs say:

11:1

@@@^“God has not changed toward His faithful servants who are keeping their garments spotless. But many are crying, ‘Peace and safety,’ while sudden destruction is coming upon them. Unless there is thorough repentance, unless men humble their hearts by confession, and receive the truth as it is in Jesus, they will never enter heaven. When purifications shall take place in our ranks, we shall no longer rest at ease, boasting of being rich and increased with goods, in need of nothing.

12:3

@@@^I hope that I have not become your enemy, Elders, for telling you the plain truth in the fear of God and for your own eternal good. Rather deal with the issues involved, and do what you can to escape the overflowing scourge that is now at your door, and at the door of every one who fails to sigh and cry for the abominations that are in your midst (Ezek. 9 and @9Testimonies@7, Vol. 5, pp. 80, 81).

1:2

@@@^As authorized representatives of the Layman’s Movement, we are in a position to answer all your questions such as how and when the movement came into being, what it stands for, what it does, etc. Then, too, we like to lay before you the predictions of it as found in the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy and of how it came to us so that you be well equipped to help as many as possible. Since this movement’s activities in prophecy are now as clear as day, and as fresh as the morning dew, brought to view by Divine revelation through the Scriptures which heretofore were to all of us only mysteries, especially the writings of minor prophets so-called, you will therefore so much the more want to know all about it. You are aware, we are sure, that even common sense itself teaches that those prophecies of the Bible are not there for ornaments but rather because of their most important latter-day messages, “meat in due season” (Matt. 24:45), planned to be unsealed and brought to our attention at the time appointed. God’s Own command now is:

2:6

@@@^We shall venture here to tell you of a few items that God has now provided for quickly finishing His work and for cutting it short in righteousness. He has armed this Layman’s Movement with all the necessary Heaven-born credentials and helps and supplies so that, aside from the Devil’s hell-bound wrath, though greatly restricted, there is nothing in our way to cause any hindrance or to limit this movement’s success. Here follow some of the helps which, as you will see, are absolutely unique to this particular time and never before dispensed as freely as they are now:

3:3

@@@^“...The work of God in this earth,” Inspiration continues “can never be finished until men and women comprising our church membership rally to the work, and unite their efforts with those of ministers and church officers.” — @9Gospel Workers@7, p. 352.

4:2

@@@^Now, our Seventh-day Adventist slogan, “Every Seventh-day Adventist a missionary and every missionary a preacher,” is becoming a reality and is daily increasing in intensity. This is now actually taking place throughout the Adventist world. We are sure that you will not want to miss such a God-given opportunity. Now is the Scripture fulfilled: “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money, come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.” Isa. 55:1. Now commands the Lord: “Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked @9shall no more@7 pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.” Nah. 1:15. Take your eyes off of all others is the command, you see.

4:3

@@@^Since every necessity in connection with this “latter day” work, including plans, are now furnished free of charge to any able-bodied and willing worker, there is nothing that could possibly hinder you from engaging in it. All that is required of you is your energy, talent, and ability as God gives them to you. It is a real pleasure to work for the Lord, for His kingdom and for His people, as well as for our own eternal home.

6:1

@@@^“But beware of rejecting that which is truth. The great danger with our people has been that of depending upon men, and making flesh their arm. Those who have not been in the habit of searching the Bible for themselves, or weighing evidence, have confidence in the leading men, and accept the decisions they make; and thus many will reject the very messages God sends to His people, if these leading brethren do not accept them.” — @9Testimonies to Ministers@7, pp. 106, 107.

2:3

@@@^This quotation, too, Brother, Sister, needs no interpretation. It, too, plainly tells that the harvest precedes the close of probation, that the Third Angel’s Message is both to seal and “select the wheat from the tares.” Every Seventh-day Adventist knows that this work of the angel is probationary (during the time of salvation). Here you see that the cleansing of the sanctuary (Dan. 8:14) is the Judgment for the Living, “the purification of the church” (5 T 80), which is accomplished by destroying the “tares” and sparing the “wheat.” Then the Loud Cry begins with a pure ministry imbued with the Spirit of God. This is plainly seen from the following excerpts:

3:3

@@@^Brethren, do not lightly pass over this important Truth. Definitely take your stand for It and completely denounce Its enemies if you are to escape the fast approaching scourge, the “Judgment in the house of God” (1 Pet. 4:17). The situation demands action to the end that a revival and reformation be immediately effected, lest we all perish in our Laodicean self-deception (“Testimonies,” Vol. 9, p. 126).

5:3

@@@^We personally know, though, that there are many who are not so badly fooled, who have not bowed the knee to Baal, who have not permitted themselves to be locked in corrals as it were, like sheep and cattle, by imposters and so-called “men of experience” that control and feed the flock of God there with such low grade husks as these lines disclose.

5:4

@@@^Your bragging about the Denomination’s numerous conversions the world over now challenges you to honestly answer the questions that here ensue: Why are you Elders jubilantly bringing the multitudes into the churches if you positively know that only 144,000 out of a vast multitude of church members are to be worthy of salvation? Why are you giving them hope of a home in the Kingdom if you positively know that they cannot get there? Is not such an ingathering outright deception and the greatest endeavor to infiltrate the church with tares ever heard of, and is it not spiritual whoredom of the worst kind to fill the church of God with devils? In the following quotation Inspiration further magnifies this Truth: