St. Helena, California,
November, 1901
“Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; a blessing,
if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I
command you this day: and a curse, if ye will not obey.” Deuteronomy
11:26-28.
“And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto
My commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord
your God, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your
soul, that I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the
first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and
thy wine, and thine oil. And I will send grass in thy fields for thy
cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. Take heed to yourselves, that
your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods,
and worship them; and then the Lord’s wrath be kindled against you,
and He shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land
yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land
which the Lord giveth you.” Verses 13-17.
“Therefore shall ye lay up these My words in your heart and in
your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may
be as frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your
children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and
when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou
risest up. And thou shalt write them upon the doorposts of thine
house, and upon thy gates: that your days may be multiplied, and the
days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your
fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.” Verses
[82] 18-21.
If Seventh-day Adventists had walked in the way of the Lord,
refusing to allow selfish interests to control them, the Lord would
greatly have blessed them. Those who have remained in Battle Creek
contrary to the will of the Lord have lost the valuable experience and
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the spiritual knowledge they might have gained through obedience.
Many of them have forfeited the favor of God. The heart of the
work has become congested. For a long time the warning has been
given, but it has not been heeded. The reason for this disobedience
is that the hearts and minds of many in Battle Creek are not under
the influence of the Holy Spirit. They do not realize how much work
there is to do. They are asleep.
When Seventh-day Adventists move into cities where there is
already a large church of believers, they are out of place, and their
spirituality becomes weaker and weaker. Their children are exposed
to many temptations. My brother, my sister, unless you are absolutely
needed in carrying forward the work in such a place, it would
be wise for you to go to some place where the truth has not yet been
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