Unity of the Third Message.
By Roswell F. Cottrell
The message of the third angel is one message. And as it is the last step in the restoration of primitive Christianity, and the last merciful warning to prepare a people for translation, it will unite God's people in one. It will not divide and scatter the flock of God; but will move on harmoniously, and accomplish its destined work. There is no danger that the ship will split upon some rock; for our Father is at the helm. The first message did not finish the work, neither did the second, therefore they must be succeeded by the third. But there is no fourth message marked out by the Holy Spirit to correct the errors of those who should give the third—the third message finishes the work. It will not be corrected by another message. What! do you believe that those who first preached the third message had no errors? By no means. They have already discovered some of their errors and repudiated them. Men are not infallible, but the message is. What I mean to say is, that the work will move on harmoniously till all the errors of God's children are corrected, and they stand without fault before the throne of God. This is the last message, and the Lord has set his hand to fulfill it; and those who will labor in harmony with it, may correct their own faults and those of others; but whoever attempts to reverse the engine will only switch himself off on some fallacious track. May God help me, and all the dear brethren, to work in harmony with the work of God.
R. F. C.