The Latter Rain and The Loud Cry Soon To Come
The Latter Rain and The Loud Cry Soon To Come
The Latter Rain and The Loud Cry Soon To Come
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In the last solemn work few great men will be
engaged. … But it may be under a rough and
uninviting exterior the pure brightness of a genuine
Christian character will be revealed. …
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During this same time G. I. Butler, General
Conference President, took actions to “restrict the
work at the New York camp meeting” because of a
lack of funds. Ellen White responded in a similar
way as she had to the situation at Healdsburg.
Unless a change was made, men would bind up the
work of the Holy Spirit:
Preparation Needed
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Is this indifference to continue from year to
year? Is Satan always to triumph, and Christ to be
disappointed in the servants whom he has
redeemed at an infinite price? We are looking
forward to the time when the latter rain will be
poured out, confidently hoping for a better day,
when the church shall be endued with power from
on high, and thus fitted to do more efficient work
for God. But the latter rain will never refresh and
invigorate indolent souls, that are not using the
power God has already given them. [11]
Law in Galatians
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1886 in Retrospect
Notes:
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7. Ellen G. White, Testimonies, vol. 5, p. 383,
emphasis supplied, written in 1886.
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25. G. I. Butler to Ellen G. White, Nov. 16, 1886;
in Manuscripts and Memories, p. 30; and G. I.
Butler, The Law in the Book of Galatians
(Battle Creek, MI.: Review and Herald Pub.
House, 1886), p. 78.
30. This fact, along with the fact that she had
already sent Jones and Waggoner one letter
(which they never received), could explain the
long delay in her writing again on the subject.
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