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Last Day Events
other, that he may gather in a harvest of souls.—
Selected Messages
2:19
(1890).
Those who have had privileges and opportunities to become in-
telligent in regard to the truth and yet who continue to counterwork
the work God would have accomplished will be purged out, for God
accepts the service of no man whose interest is divided.—Ms 64, 1898.
As trials thicken around us, both separation and unity will be seen
in our ranks. Some who are now ready to take up weapons of warfare
will in times of real peril make it manifest that they have not built upon
the solid rock; they will yield to temptation. Those who have had great
light and precious privileges but have not improved them will, under
one pretext or another, go out from us.—
Testimonies for the Church
6:400
(1900).
The Straight Testimony Produces a Shaking
I asked the meaning of the shaking I had seen, and was shown that
it would be caused by the straight testimony called forth by the counsel
of the True Witness to the Laodiceans. This will have its effect upon
the heart of the receiver, and will lead him to exalt the standard and
pour forth the straight truth. Some will not bear this straight testimony.
They will rise up against it, and this will cause a shaking among God’s
people.—
Testimonies For The Church 1:181
(1857).
There are those among us who will make confessions, as did
Achan, too late to save themselves. ... They are not in harmony with
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right. They despise the straight testimony that reaches the heart,
and would rejoice to see everyone silenced who gives reproof.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:272
(1873).
The Lord calls for a renewal of the straight testimony borne in years
past. He calls for a renewal of spiritual life. The spiritual energies
of His people have long been torpid, but there is to be a resurrection
from apparent death. By prayer and confession of sin we must clear
the King’s highway.—
Testimonies for the Church 8:297
(1904).
Unjust Criticism Causes Loss of Souls
Even in our day there have been and will continue to be entire
families who have once rejoiced in the truth, but who will lose faith
because of calumnies and falsehoods brought to them in regard to those