“[312] We are made sad as we see in many places so much left undone that should be done.  But the Lord will use in the accomplishment of His work means that we do not now see.  He will raise up from among the common people, men and women to do His work, even as of old He called fishermen to [313] be His disciples.  There will soon be an awakening that will surprise many.  Those who do not realize the necessity of what is to be done will be passed by, and the Heavenly messengers will work with those who are called the common people, fitting them to carry the truth to many places.  Now is the time for us to awake and do what we can.”  15MR:312-313; LLM:83.3; PC:319-320.

 

“The voice from Battle Creek, which has been regarded as authority in counseling how the work should be done, is no longer the voice of God.”  17MR:185 (1896); LDE:50.2.

  

“It has been some years since I have considered the General Conference as the voice of God.”  17MR:216 (1898); LDE:50.3.

  

“The time has come when we should hear less in favor of the regular lines.  If we can get away from the regular lines into something which, though irregular, is after God’s order, it may cut away something of the irregular working which has led away from Bible principles.”  20MR:143.2.

 

“The Spirit and power of God will be poured out upon His children. At that time many will separate themselves from those churches in which the love of this world has supplanted love for God and His Word. Many, both of ministers and people, will gladly accept those great truths which God has caused to be proclaimed at this time, to prepare a people for the Lord's second coming. The enemy of souls desires to hinder this work; and before the time for such a movement shall come, he will endeavor to prevent it, by introducing a counterfeit. In those churches which he can bring under his deceptive power, he will make it appear that God's special blessing is poured out; there will be manifest what is thought to be great religious interest.”  FLB:326.2; GC88:464.1; GC:464.1; LDE:158.2; Mar. 33.2; 168.3; NL:10.1; YRP 341.3.

 

“That these men should stand in a sacred place, to be as the voice of God to the people, as we once believed [51] the General Conference to be--that is past.”  GCB April 3, 1901, page 25; LDE:50.4.

 

“We cannot now step off the foundation that God has established.  We cannot now enter into any new organization; for this woud mean apostasy from the truth.”  Manuscript 129, 1905.

 

Also hidden in EGW’s writings on the “Ten Virgin Parable.”  See my Bible Study:  “TEN VIRGIN PARABLE, THE,” under SDA.

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