Medical Evangelist - Volume 09, Number 02

              A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE
PROMULGATION OF HEALTH REFORM PRINCIPLES
VOL. IX LOMA LINDA, CALIF., SEPTEMBER- OCTOBER, 1922 NUMBER 2
of a Heuiual an& iteformattim
MRS. E. G. WHITE
4 { X TKVKRTHELESS I have somewhat against thee, be-
I ^ cause thou hast left thy first love. Remember there-lore
from whence thou hast fallen, and repent and
do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly and
remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent."
I am instructed to say that these words are applicable to
Seventh- day Adventist churches in their present condition.
The love of God has been lost, and this means the absence of
love for one another. Self, self, is cherished and is striving
for the supremacy. How long is this to continue? Unless
there is a reconversion, there will soon be such a lack of god
liness that the church will be represented by the barren fi^
tree. Great light has been given to her. She has had abund
ant opportunity for bearing much fruit. But selfishness has
come in, and God says, " I will remove thy candlestick out of
his place, except thou repent."
Jesus looked upon the pretentious, fruitless fig tree, and
with mournful reluctance pronounced the words of doom.
And under the curse of an offended God, the fig tree withered
away. God help His people to make an application of this
lesson while there is still time.
God brings against ministers and people the heavy charge
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