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concerned, was the light which directed their minds to the sanctuary
above. Some renounced their faith in their former reckoning of
the prophetic periods and ascribed to human or satanic agencies the
powerful influence of the Holy Spirit which had attended the advent
movement. Another class firmly held that the Lord had led them in
their past experience; and as they waited and watched and prayed to
know the will of God they saw that their great High Priest had entered
upon another work of ministration, and, following Him by faith, they
were led to see also the closing work of the church. They had a
clearer understanding of the first and second angels’ messages, and were
prepared to receive and give to the world the solemn warning of the third
angel of Revelation 14.

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