Page The Times of Volume Three .......................................... 3 Testimony 21 (1872) An Appeal for Burden Bearers ....................................... 9 Unsanctified Ability ............................................... 22 Unbalanced Minds ................................................... 32 Opposing Adventists .............................................. 36 Intimate Friendship With Worldlings ................................ 39 The Cause in New York .............................................. 48 Relatives in the Church .......................................... 53 Laborers for God ................................................. 56 Experience Not Reliable ............................................ 67 Faithfulness in Home Duties ........................................ 79 Pride and Vain Thoughts ............................................ 81 The Work at Battle Creek ........................................... 85 Peculiar Trials .................................................. 95 Parables of the Lost ............................................... 99 The Lost Sheep ................................................... 99 The Lost Silver .................................................. 99 The Prodigal Son ................................................. 100 Labor Among the Churches ........................................... 104 The Gospel Sower ................................................. 111 The Wheat and Tares .............................................. 113 To Wealthy Parents ................................................. 116 Testimony 22 (1872) Proper Education ................................................... 131 Close Confinement at School ...................................... 135 Physical Decline of the Race ..................................... 138 Importance of Home Training ...................................... 141 Physical Labor for Students ...................................... 148 The Health Reform .................................................. 161 The Health Institute ............................................... 165 Danger of Applause ................................................. 185 Labor for the Erring ............................................... 186 The Sabbath School ................................................. 188 Laborers in the Office ............................................. 190 Love and Duty ...................................................... 195 The Battle Creek Church ............................................ 197 Missionary Work .................................................... 202 Effect of Discussions .............................................. 212 Dangers and Duties of Youth ........................................ 221 Self-Caring Ministers .............................................. 227 Inordinate Love of Gain ............................................ 243 Testimony 23 (1873) The Laodicean Church ............................................... 252 Pointed Testimonies in the Church ................................ 256 Fighting the Spirit of God ....................................... 260 Ahab's Case a Warning ............................................ 262 Achan's Sin and Punishment ....................................... 263 Duty to Reprove Sin .............................................. 265 Covetousness Among God's People .................................. 269 Confessions Made Too Late ........................................ 271 Elijah Reproves Ahab ............................................. 273 The Sacrifice on Mount Carmel .................................... 279 Elijah's Humility ................................................ 287 Elijah in Despondency ............................................ 288 Moses and Aaron .................................................... 293 To a Young Minister and His Wife ................................... 304 Pioneers in the Cause ............................................ 311 Daydreaming ........................................................ 329 Testimony 24 (1875) The Great Rebellion ................................................ 339 Base Idolatry .................................................... 339 The Tables of the Law Broken ..................................... 341 The People Murmur ................................................ 342 Korah, Dathan, and Abiram ........................................ 342 Flattery and False Sympathy ...................................... 345 Character Tested ................................................. 347 The Rebels Perish ................................................ 349 The Rebellion Not Cured .......................................... 351 A Lesson for Our Time ............................................ 353 Slighted Mercy ................................................... 355 Despisers of Reproof ............................................. 358 Appeal to the Young ................................................ 362 Faithful Abraham ................................................. 368 Humiliation of Christ ............................................ 371 Tithes and Offerings ............................................... 381 Systematic Benevolence ............................................. 408 Individual Independence ............................................ 414 Discussions to Be Avoided ........................................ 424 The Authority of the Church ...................................... 428 Unity in the Church ................................................ 434 Self-Confidence a Snare .......................................... 449 True Refinement in the Ministry .................................... 459 Testimony 25 (1875) Importance of the Work ............................................. 468 The State of the World ............................................. 471 The State of the Church ............................................ 474 Love of the World .................................................. 477 Presumption ........................................................ 482 Power of Appetite .................................................. 485 Leadership ......................................................... 492 Calls for Means .................................................... 510 Duty to the Unfortunate ............................................ 511 Man's Duty to His Fellow Men ....................................... 521 Love and Sympathy at Home ........................................ 527 Family Exclusiveness ............................................. 534 The Sin of Covetousness ............................................ 544 Industry in the Ministry ........................................... 551 Parents as Reformers ............................................... 560 "Cannot Come Down" ................................................. 570