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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Mar 1, 1906

Much Rubbish

THE workers under Nehemiah were almost discouraged in their efforts to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, not only because they were continually harassed by their enemies, but also because there was “much rubbish” to be removed. The energy expended in building with new material seems to yield much more encouraging returns than the time and strength consumed in clearing away “much rubbish;” but unless the rubbish had been cleared away, the foundation of the wall would have been insecure. It sometimes seems like a thankless task to pay any attention to the “much rubbish” which unconsecrated hands have piled upon the true foundation, and yet many are building upon this worthless material, thinking that they have reached the solid rock. The “Higher Critics” have done nothing to advance the interests of the kingdom of God in the earth, but they have piled up “much rubbish” for others to remove. The advocates of the “New Theology” are simply dealers in “much rubbish.” Those whose minds are so fruitful in the spiritualistic interpretations of revealed truth are simply obscuring the true light by filling the air with much dust and rubbish. O for a breath from heaven which will clear the spiritual atmosphere, and a heavenly flame which will consume all the rubbish which now seems to hinder the builders! “It is time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law.”