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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 21, 1857

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 10, No. 3.

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GET THEIR HATRED.

Well brother, suppose you do get their hatred, what then? neglect your duty? refuse to rebuke the Sabbath-breaker, the profane swearer, the rum-seller, the whore-monger, the slave-holder, the time server, because you may perchance stir the sediment of the wicked, corrupt, selfish heart?
Suppose Christ and the apostles had taken this course? They rebuked sin, every sin, all sin, specified sins, laid their finger on the spot of the leprosy. Why was Christ hated?
Will this refusal to reprove sin in high places and low places, for fear of giving offense, be acceptable to God? “Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor and not suffer sin upon him.” Do your duty in the Spirit of Christ, and leave the results with God; come life, come death, clear your skirts of blood. This lack of Christian faithfulness is the cause of the present corrupt state of the church and the world.
Golden Rule.