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The Spirit of Prophecy in the Advent Movement

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    Sureness And Precision In Counsel

    In giving counsel in places where conditions and personalities were unknown to her by any acquaintance, Mrs. White often spoke with sureness and precision, as the Spirit had presented situations to her mind. One such occasion was the first council she attended in Europe. It was held at Basel, Switzerland, in 1885. One of the veteran workers there, who acted as her interpreter in French, wrote:SPIAM 70.5

    “How interesting and wonderful it was to hear Sister White correctly delineate the peculiarities of different fields she had seen only as the Lord had shown them to her, and show how they should be met; to hear her describe case after case of persons she had never seen with her natural vision, and either point out their errors or show important relations they sustained to the cause, and how they should connect with it to better serve its interests!SPIAM 71.1

    “As I had a fair chance to test the matter, having been on the ground, and knowing that no one had informed Sister White of these things, while serving as interpreter, I could not help exclaiming, ‘It is enough. I want no further evidence of its genuineness.’”—D. T. Bourdeau, in The Review and Herald, November 10, 1885.SPIAM 71.2

    It was no exhibition to prove anything to anybody. It was just the regular work of giving counsel for the upbuilding of the cause of God by the spiritual gift imparted. When a people see this year after year for many years, and reap the fruitage of the wonderfully helpful counsel through a spiritual gift, no technicalities of criticism can cast so much as a shadow on a life record. It is as clear as a sunbeam.SPIAM 71.3

    The same influence is seen in the working of this gift in fostering all departments of the cause. Let us note especially three branches of institutional and field service,—publishing, educational, and the medical missionary, or health and temperance work.SPIAM 71.4

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