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〉 Testimonies for the Church Volume 8
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   The Times of Volume Eight ( 5 )
Section 1—Present Opportunities ( 9 )
   Chapter 1—Our Work ( 9 )
   Chapter 2—The Commission ( 14 )
     An Unchanging Promise ( 16 )
   Chapter 3—The Power Promised ( 19 )
   Chapter 4—Our Responsibility ( 24 )
   Chapter 5—The Work at Home and Abroad ( 30 )
   Chapter 6—The Work in Europe ( 38 )
   Chapter 7—A View of the Conflict ( 41 )
Section 2—Counsels Often Repeated ( 48 )
   Chapter 8—Warnings and Counsels Given to the Battle Creek Church ( 48 )
     The time of the End ( 49 )
     Help in Time of Trouble ( 50 )
     A Failure to Honor God ( 50 )
   Chapter 9—Our Duty to the World ( 53 )
     How to Gain Success ( 55 )
   Chapter 10—Missionary Work at Home and Abroad ( 56 )
     An Illustration of the Work We Are to Do ( 57 )
     A Neglected Work ( 59 )
   Chapter 11—The Holy Spirit in our Schools ( 61 )
     The Will of God Concerning Us ( 63 )
     Working Against the Holy Spirit ( 65 )
   Chapter 12—A Departure from Right ( 66 )
   Chapter 13—Look to God for Help ( 69 )
     Medical Missionary Work ( 70 )
     A Word of Caution ( 74 )
   Chapter 14—An Appeal to the Brethren in Battle Creek ( 76 )
   Chapter 15—A Neglected Warning ( 81 )
   Chapter 16—The Result of Reformation ( 87 )
   Chapter 17—A Solemn Warning ( 90 )
   Chapter 18—The Review and Herald Fire ( 97 )
   Chapter 19—What Might Have Been ( 104 )
   Chapter 20—Forgetfulness ( 107 )
     A Hymn Of The Promised Land ( 107 )
     A Hymn Of The Captivity ( 109 )
     Song Of The Redeemed ( 112 )
     “Call to Remembrance the Former Days” ( 113 )
     “Written for our Admonition” ( 115 )
     The Message for this Time ( 116 )
     The Opposition of the Enemy ( 117 )
     The Loud Cry ( 118 )
     “And Hast Forgotten” ( 118 )
     “Choose You This Day Whom Ye Will Serve” Joshua 24:15. ( 120 )
     The Shield of Omnipotence ( 120 )
     Jehovah Reigneth ( 121 )
Section 3—Letters to Physicians ( 123 )
   Chapter 21—The Value of Trial ( 123 )
     Paul’s Experience ( 125 )
     Resting in God’s Love ( 126 )
     The Danger of Self-Sufficiency ( 126 )
     Our Burden Bearer ( 127 )
     Looking Away From Men ( 129 )
     An Eternal Weight of Glory ( 130 )
   Chapter 22—Centering Too Much in Battle Creek ( 133 )
     Unselfishness in Service ( 135 )
     Helping Those Who Need Help ( 136 )
     What One Institution can Do for Another ( 137 )
     A Reformation Needed ( 138 )
     The Living Principle of Brotherhood ( 139 )
     The Only Safe Course ( 140 )
     The Danger from Enlargement ( 141 )
     The Question of Wages ( 142 )
   Chapter 23—Go Forth Into Many Places ( 145 )
     The Need of Broader Plans ( 147 )
     Build Up New Centers ( 150 )
     A Failure to Appreciate God-Given Responsibilities ( 151 )
   Chapter 24—God’s Purpose for His Institutions ( 153 )
     God’s Purpose for the Sanitarium ( 155 )
     The Value of A Study of God’s Word ( 156 )
   Chapter 25—God’s Purpose in Medical Missionary Work ( 158 )
     Educate Medical Missionaries ( 158 )
     Our Work for Today ( 159 )
     No Change in God’s Cause ( 160 )
     Words of Caution ( 161 )
   Chapter 26—A Word of Caution ( 163 )
     A Danger to Be Guarded Against ( 163 )
     A High Standard ( 164 )
     Teaching and Healing ( 165 )
   Chapter 27—Uphold the Medical Work ( 166 )
     The Need Of Caution ( 167 )
     The Importance of Medical Missionary Work ( 168 )
     The Cause of Dearth in the Church ( 169 )
     To Every Man His Work ( 170 )
   Chapter 28—Unity of Effort ( 172 )
     God’s Building ( 173 )
     A Temple of Living Stones ( 173 )
     Different Instrumentalities ( 174 )
     Truth a Unit ( 174 )
     Words of Cheer ( 175 )
   Chapter 29—Christ the Medium of Prayer and Blessing ( 177 )
   Chapter 30—Words of Encouragement ( 180 )
     God’s Purpose in Establishing the Sanitarium ( 181 )
     A World-Wide Work ( 182 )
     A Word of Caution ( 183 )
     Helping or Hindering the Lord ( 185 )
     God’s Purpose for His Workers ( 186 )
     The Need of Wise Counselors ( 187 )
     A Divine Helper ( 187 )
     Burdens that the Lord has not Given ( 189 )
   Chapter 31—The Value of the Word of God ( 192 )
     The Reward of a Faithful Study of the Word ( 193 )
   Chapter 32—The Work for this Time ( 195 )
     Our Message ( 197 )
     The Sign of Our Relationship to God ( 198 )
   Chapter 33—A Broader View ( 201 )
     Christ’s Victory Over Unbelief ( 202 )
     A Warning Against Centralization ( 204 )
     A Neglected Field Near Us ( 205 )
   Chapter 34—Christ Our Example ( 206 )
     Self-Sacrifice ( 208 )
     A Firm Stand for the Right ( 210 )
Section 4—Be on Guard ( 213 )
   Chapter 35—Lessons from the Past ( 213 )
     Centralization ( 213 )
     An Educational Center ( 217 )
   Chapter 36—How Shall Our Youth Be Trained? ( 221 )
     Words of Warning ( 223 )
     No Time for Delay ( 229 )
     A Division of Responsibility ( 231 )
   Chapter 37—Leadership ( 236 )
     Early Experiences ( 237 )
     God Our Leader ( 238 )
   Chapter 38—One with Christ in God ( 239 )
   Chapter 39—Lay Members to Go Forth ( 244 )
   Chapter 40—Shall We Be Found Wanting? ( 247 )
     God’s Purpose For His People ( 247 )
     “Repent, and Do the First Works” Revelation 2:5. ( 248 )
     A Failure To Honor God ( 249 )
     A Call For Reformation ( 250 )
   Chapter 41—Homeward Bound ( 252 )
Section 5—The Essential Knowledge ( 255 )
   Chapter 42—God In Nature ( 255 )
     Results of Sin ( 255 )
     A Divine Teacher ( 256 )
     Nature Testifies Of God ( 256 )
     Man’s Failure to Interpret Nature ( 257 )
     The Work of Creation ( 258 )
     Laws of Nature ( 259 )
     Mysteries of Divine Power ( 261 )
   Chapter 43—A Personal God ( 263 )
     Nature is not God ( 263 )
     A Personal God Created Man ( 264 )
     God Revealed in Christ ( 265 )
     Christ’s Revelation of God to the Disciples ( 266 )
     Testimony of Scripture ( 268 )
     “The Everlasting God” ( 270 )
     His Loving-Kindness ( 271 )
     His Providential Care ( 272 )
     His Long-Suffering Mercy ( 275 )
   Chapter 44—A False and a True Knowledge of God ( 279 )
     Speculative Theories ( 279 )
     The Greatness of Our God ( 281 )
     Warnings Against Presumption ( 283 )
     Christ’s Revelation of God ( 286 )
     The Glory of the Cross ( 287 )
     The Knowledge that Works Transformation ( 289 )
   Chapter 45—Danger in Speculative Knowledge ( 290 )
     Last-Day Deceptions ( 290 )
     Pantheistic Theories ( 291 )
     Fanaticism After 1844 ( 292 )
     Past Experiences to be Repeated ( 293 )
     Beware of a Sensational Religion ( 294 )
     A Warning Against False Teaching ( 295 )
     Diverting Minds from Present Duty ( 296 )
     A Renewal of the Straight Testimony ( 297 )
     Seek the First Love ( 298 )
     The Word of God our Safeguard ( 299 )
     Study the Revelation ( 301 )
     To the Church in Sardis ( 302 )
     Message to the Philadelphia Church ( 303 )
     The Laodicean Message ( 304 )
   Chapter 46—The False and the True in Education ( 305 )
     Philosophical Speculation ( 305 )
     Infidel Authors ( 306 )
     Historical and Theological Lore ( 307 )
     Myths and Fairy Tales ( 308 )
     A Purer Fountain ( 309 )
     Heart Education ( 311 )
   Chapter 47—Importance of Seeking True Knowledge ( 312 )
     The Work That Requires Our Thought ( 312 )
     The Science to be Mastered ( 314 )
     No Time to Lose ( 314 )
     The Need for Self-Renunciation ( 315 )
     The Highest Interests Demand Attention ( 316 )
     A Personal Knowledge of Christ ( 316 )
   Chapter 48—The Knowledge Received through God’s Word ( 319 )
     To Be Given to Our Children ( 320 )
     An Experimental Knowledge ( 321 )
     Wonderful Possibilities ( 321 )
     Results of Receiving God’s Word ( 323 )
     An Aid in the Study of Nature ( 324 )
     Nature a Key to Divine Mysteries ( 326 )
     A Lesson of Obedience ( 327 )
     Education in the Life to Come ( 328 )
   Chapter 49—Our Great Need ( 329 )
     The Experience of Enoch ( 329 )
     Experience of John the Baptist ( 331 )
     God’s Promises ( 335 )