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you to remember also that God has said that He will heal the wounds
of His people.—
The General Conference Bulletin, April 25, 1901
, pp.
463, 464.
During the General Conference the Lord wrought mightily for His
people. Every time I think of that meeting, a sweet solemnity comes
over me, and sends a glow of gratitude to my soul. We have seen
the stately steppings of the Lord our Redeemer. We praise His holy
name, for He has brought deliverance to His people.—
The Review
and Herald, November 26, 1901
.
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It has been a necessity to organize union conferences, that the
General Conference shall not exercise dictation over all the separate
conferences. The power vested in the Conference is not to be centered
in one man, or two men, or six men; there is to be a council of men over
the separate divisions.—
Ms 26, April 3, 1903
. [
For further information
regarding organizational changes made at the 1901 General Conference
Session see the Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia (Vol. 10 of the
Commentary Reference Series), Revised Edition, pp. 1050-1053.
]
Confidence in SDA Organization Reaffirmed
We cannot now step off the foundation that God has established.
We cannot now enter into any new organization, for this would mean
apostasy from the truth.—
Selected Messages 2:390
(1905).
I am instructed to say to Seventh-day Adventists the world over,
God has called us as a people to be a peculiar treasure unto Himself.
He has appointed that His church on earth shall stand perfectly united
in the Spirit and counsel of the Lord of hosts to the end of time.—
Selected Messages 2:397
(1908).
At times, when a small group of men entrusted with the general
management of the work have, in the name of the General Conference,
sought to carry out unwise plans to restrict God’s work, I have said
that I could no longer regard the voice of the General Conference,
represented by these few men, as the voice of God. But this is not
saying that the decisions of a General Conference composed of an
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assembly of duly appointed, representative men from all parts of the
field should not be respected.
God has ordained that the representatives of His church from all
parts of the earth, when assembled in a General Conference, shall have