Review & Herald, January 3 and 10, 1893
This tract, and its companion, Brotherly Love Needed, were written when the perceived defects in the church were threatening to splinter it. These articles, printed in The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald on January 3 and 10, 1893 (Let Both Grow Together), and the following October 24 and 31, 1893 Brotherly Love Needed), were in answer to A. W. Stanton’s book, The Loud Cry, in which he wrote that the church had become part of Babylon. In these articles, one written before and one after the publication of Stanton’s book, Ellen White presents principles of relating to defective brethren and a defective church.
Beginning with Jesus’ parable of the wheat and the tares, Mrs. White calls for each of us, as church members, to put aside any thought of judging the motive of another, or of making assumptions about another’s relationship to God. Those that we consider tares may be being drawn by Christ, but we can only see the outward appearance. Therefore, we should never stand in God’s way by attitude, word, or action. While there may be those in the church who are more firmly united with Satan than with any holy influence, each of us should first search the Scriptures and our own hearts that we may be representatives of Christ and act according to His will. While great care should be exercised in accepting candidates for church membership, we can only make this decision based on the fruit of the life, not upon the motives and the heart.
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