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was a result of their own unbelief, self-confidence,<br />

impenitence, blindness of mind, and hardness of<br />

heart. In their history we have a danger signal lifted<br />

before us.<br />

“Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of<br />

you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the<br />

living God.... For we are made partakers of Christ,<br />

if we hold the beginning of our confidence<br />

steadfast unto the end” (Hebrews 3:12, 14).—<br />

Letter 30, 1895.<br />

The Church Militant Is Imperfect<br />

The church militant is not the church<br />

triumphant, and earth is not heaven. The church is<br />

composed of erring, imperfect men and women,<br />

who are but learners in the school of Christ, to be<br />

trained, disciplined, educated, for this life and for<br />

the future, immortal life.—The Signs of the Times,<br />

January 4, 1883.<br />

Some people seem to think that upon entering<br />

the church they will have their expectations<br />

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