Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 23 (1908)

Ms 134, 1908

Arbitrary Control

1908

Previously unpublished.

There is a great work to be carried on in the heart, life, and character. All those who appreciate the redemption of the soul by the great Gift will labor diligently to bring many perishing sinners to the belief of the truth. This, I am instructed, is to be the great burden of every soul that is connected with me in doing my work. 23LtMs, Ms 134, 1908, par. 1

The Lord has not been glorified in the planning, enlarging, and arranging in Washington. When His Word is fully appreciated, there will be a most decided change and reformation. There will be much less of man’s planning and devising that are weaving in the threads of self-planning that the Lord will not accept. Thus saith the Lord, Men are short-sighted and have given a wrong impression of My work, of My great work which is to be done. They are blinded and cannot read from cause to effect. If wheat is desired, it is sown in seed scattered abroad; then heaven waters the seed. It is not to be collected in one large parcel, but must be sent from the one who desires it to multiply by scattering. 23LtMs, Ms 134, 1908, par. 2

“And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to Myself for an house of sacrifice. If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people; if My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Now Mine eyes shall be open, and Mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.” 2 Chronicles 7:12-15. Read verses 16-22. I write this because I am charged to do this. Will they take heed? 23LtMs, Ms 134, 1908, par. 3

“God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: but if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” 1 John 1:5-7. 23LtMs, Ms 134, 1908, par. 4

There are some in official places who are not spiritual because they have many plans to take a course that will appear in their own judgment to be right, which they suppose will be for their advantage to create great things; but the Lord saith, NO. You will have your forbiddings on the right hand and on the left, for the Lord has not given any such orders. Every movement must be under the divine dictation, saith the Lord, and you have decidedly retarded the advancement and growth of the work by your own devising. 23LtMs, Ms 134, 1908, par. 5

You have retarded the growth of the work years in Washington. God calls for you to clear the king’s highway, and make in the desert a highway for our God. Every ray of light God has communicated in any line is to be permitted to have its place as it has not done for years. Lift up your voice and cry, Clear the King’s highway. Make in the desert a highway for our God. The light of God is to shine forth much more extensively in highways, and also in the byways and hedges. Every soul possible is to come to its brightness and extend its rays of light in may highways and byways. 23LtMs, Ms 134, 1908, par. 6

The eyes of many are in need of the heavenly anointing, to discern that the world is to be warned; and the work should be extended to your individual vicinities, and continue its course, gathering the increase, to open every place that can possibly be entered. Not a dollar of money is to be expended for mere show or appearance, when souls need all the light possible to shine upon the true path that leads to life, eternal life. There are outside parties that, [though they do] not accept of the truth, will aid in the work for the Lord. God will impress souls, men who have means, to help as you press forward to do the good work. God has moved upon outside parties to help in the past, and they will do the same now. 23LtMs, Ms 134, 1908, par. 7

Buildings, plain and simple, must be erected in our cities for houses of worship, for the end of all things is at hand; and there are strong forces that will seek to block the way, bringing in side issues. All these things the Lord’s people have had to meet and press against in their work in the past. They have had to labor with all their powers, almost at the sacrifice of their temporal lives, for warnings to come to the people to make a change. Exodus 6:1-7. 23LtMs, Ms 134, 1908, par. 8

We are now intensely in earnest, and I have a message from the Lord. It is a mistake to have a few men to devise and to plan for the whole conference. The voice said, Divide and subdivide, for the work of God shall require that men shall be selected as caretakers ordained to do the work of God. The end is near and every year Satan is drilling his army to develop strong parties to be ready against the great battle of the last great conflict. 23LtMs, Ms 134, 1908, par. 9

(Habakkuk 2): This is a faint description of the reality. Who is wise in the time when the evil shall spring forth? Zephaniah; Zechariah 3, 4. All these things shall become a living reality. But men in high places, supposing themselves wise, will block the way. A voice was heard, Clear the King’s highway. 23LtMs, Ms 134, 1908, par. 10