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A Vision Received in Oswego, New York, January 26, 1850

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Last Sabbath evening the Lord gave me a view of many things, which
I will now try to relate. I saw the people of God--some were dormant
and stupid; they were but half awake, and did not realize the time we
were living in. I saw that the man with the "dirt brush" had entered,
and some were in danger of being swept away. I begged of Jesus to save
them--to spare them a little longer and to lift them up so that they
could get a sight of their situation before it should be forever too
late. The angel said destruction is coming like a mighty whirlwind. I
begged of the angel to pity, to save, those who were attached to their
possessions and were not willing to cut loose from them and distribute
them to speed the messengers on their way to feed the hungry sheep, who
were dying for the want of spiritual food.
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I could hardly bear the sight of the sheep dying for the want of
saving, present truth, while some who professed to believe the present
truth were holding on to their property and were letting them die, by
withholding the necessary means to carry forward the work of God. As it
was held up before me, the sight was too painful, and I begged of the
angel to take it away, and remove the painful sight from me. I saw that
when the cause of God called for their property, they were sorrowful, as
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should do to inherit eternal life. I saw that very soon the overflowing
scourge would pass over, and sweep their possessions all away; and then
it will be too late to sacrifice earthly good, and lay up treasure in
heaven.
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I then saw the glorious Redeemer, beautiful and lovely. [I saw]
that He left the realms of glory and came to this dark and lonely world
to give His precious life and die, the Just for the unjust. He bore the
cruel mocking and scourging, and wore the plaited crown of thorns, and
sweat great drops of blood, while the burden of the sins of the whole
world were upon Him. The angel asked, "What for?" I saw it was for us;
for our sins He bore all this, that by His precious blood He might
redeem us unto God.
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Then again was held up before me those who were not willing to sell
their possessions to save one fainting, starving soul, while Jesus
stands before the Father pleading His blood, His sufferings, and His
death, for those souls, and while God's servants were waiting, ready to
carry them the saving truth that they might be sealed with the seal of
the living God; and yet it was hard for some who profess to believe the
present truth to even do so little as to hand the messengers God's own
money, that He had lent them to be stewards over.
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Then the suffering Jesus--His sacrifice, and love so deep as to
give His life for them--was again held up before me, and then the lives
of those who profess to be His followers, who had this world's goods and
counted it so great a thing to help on the cause of salvation. The
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never! never! Those who are not interested in His cause here below can
never sing the song of redeeming love above." I saw that the quick work
that God was doing on earth would soon be cut short in righteousness,
and that the swift messengers must speed on their way. I heard the
angel say, "Are all messengers? No! no! God's messengers have a
message."
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I saw that the cause of God had been hindered and dishonored by
some going who had no message. Such will have to give an account to God
for every dollar they have used in travelling where it was not their duty
to go, for that money might have helped on the cause of God. And for
the lack of that very means which has been wasted, souls have starved to
death for the want of spiritual food that might have been given them by
God's called and chosen messengers.
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The mighty shaking has commenced, and is going on, and all will be
shaken out who are not willing to take a bold and unyielding stand, and
sacrifice for God and His cause. The angel said, "Think ye He will
compel any to sacrifice and give up their possessions? No! no! It must
be a freewill offering. It will take all to buy the field."
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While viewing these things, the burden seemed too heavy to be
borne. I felt that I could have given my life if it could be the means
of helping any to see their awful situation. I saw that professed
friends had wounded the cause. Again I was compelled to cry for God to
spare His people, some of whom were fainting and dying.
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Then I saw [that] the judgments of Almighty God were speedily
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Said he, "All the thunders and lightnings of Mount Sinai cannot move
those who will not be moved by the plain truths in the Word of God.
Neither would an angel's message move or awake them." I saw that the
rebels must and will be purged out. The angel said, "Get ready, get
ready, get ready."
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I saw that the judgments were just upon us, and that the trouble
would soon be to this land, and that blood would flow in streams. The
angel said,"It will soon be even to the horses' bridles." That was an
awful time.
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I saw that we must be willing to go alone, and that we must cut
loose from everyone who will not walk godly in Christ Jesus. I saw that
the unbelief of brother or sister, father or mother, husband, wife, or
children, was no excuse for any, to hinder them from doing their duty;
and that those will lose their souls if they seek to please their
unbelieving friends more than God, and they will be counted unworthy to be
partakers of Christ's glory.
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I saw that Jesus was rejected by His own nation, and if Jesus
suffered we must be partakers of His sufferings. Said the angel, "Cut
clear, cut clear, cut clear from everything or anyone that hinders thy
progress." I saw that the ties of nature between man and wife, parents
and children, need not be severed. Still, those who believe God and His
truth must obey God even if it displeased their nearest and dearest
friend. I saw that there would be no chance to get ready after Jesus
leaves the most holy place, therefore we must get right now, while there
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I saw that God's people must press together and not be too willing
to see faults in each other, for where there is union there is strength.
I saw that the people of God were generally too dull, too dormant and
unbelieving. The angel said, "Watch, watch, watch." I saw a crown of
glory laid up for those who make a covenant with God by sacrifice. I
saw that a sacrifice would not increase but decrease and consume. I was
then pointed to him who had defied the armies of Israel; that truth
would overcome error; and that light would shine out of darkness.
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I was then pointed to the beauty and loveliness of Jesus. Upon His
head were crowns, a crown within a crown. His robe was whiter than the
whitest white. No language can describe His glory and His exalted
loveliness. All, all who keep the commandments of God, will enter in
through the gates into the city and have right to the tree of life and
ever be in the presence of that lovely Jesus, whose countenance shines
brighter than the sun at noonday.
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I then saw the Word of God, pure and unadulterated, and that we
must answer for the way we received the truth proclaimed from that Word.
I saw that it had been a hammer to break the flinty heart in pieces, and
a fire to consume the dross and tin, that the heart might be pure and
holy. I saw that the Apocrypha[* SEE MR. NO. 1148, "ELLEN G. WHITE AND THE
APOCRYPHA."] was the hidden book, and that the wise of these last days
should understand it. I saw that the Bible was the standard Book, that will
judge us at the last day. I saw that heaven would be cheap enough, and that
nothing was too dear to sacrifice for Jesus, and that we must give all to
enter the kingdom. I heard an angel say,"Think ye God will place His seal
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Then I was pointed to Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. They
partook of the forbidden tree, and then the flaming swords were placed
around the tree of life, and they were driven out of the garden of Eden
lest they should partake of the tree of life and be immortal sinners. I
saw that the tree of life was to perpetuate immortality. I heard the
angel say, "Who of the family of Adam have passed those flaming swords
and partaken of that tree?" I heard another angel answer, "Not one of
the family of Adam has passed those flaming swords and partaken of the
tree of life; therefore there is not an immortal sinner. The soul that
sinneth it shall die an everlasting death, and death that lasts forever,
where there is no hope of a resurrection, and then the wrath of God will
be appeased."
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I then saw the holy city, and that we should rest in the city
through the 1,000 years, and reign as kings and priests unto God. Then
Jesus will descend upon the Mount of Olives, and the mount will part
asunder and become a mighty plain for the Paradise of God to rest upon.
The rest of the earth will not be cleansed until the wicked dead are
raised and come up around the city at the end of the 1,000 years. Then
fire will come down from God out of heaven and devour them, burn them up
root and branch. Satan is the root, and his children are the branches.
Then the same fire that will devour the wicked will purify the earth. I
saw that the feet of the wicked would never desecrate the earth made
new. All the immortality we now have is by faith in hope of immortality
at the appearing of Christ.--Ms 4, 1850.

White Estate, Washington, D. C.
May 1, 1986. Entire Manuscript.

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