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  第09编 最后冲突中的紧急逃离

乡村生活-第10章

  Section IX - Emergency Flight in Closing Conflict

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  【逃走的信号】
没有时候可容上帝的子民来思念世事并积蓄财宝在地上了。时候快到了，我们也要象早期的门徒一样，被迫到荒僻之处避难。当年耶路撒冷城被罗马军兵围困，乃是犹太基督徒应当逃亡的一种信号，照样，我们国家(译者按，指美国)的越权擅定罗马教的安息日为法令，迫人遵守，这对于我们也是一种警告。到了那时，我们即当离开大都市，预备离开小城市，而到山间偏僻之处隐居。因此现今我们不但不要在此世营谋豪华的居室，乃当预备迁移到那更美的家乡，就是天国。我们不应花钱来求自己的满足，乃当学习如何节约。──《教会证言》卷五，第464, 465页。(1885年) {CL 32.1}[1]

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  【The Signal for Fleeing】
It is no time now for God's people to be fixing their affections or laying up their treasure in the world. The time is not far distant, when, like the early disciples, we shall be forced to seek a refuge in desolate and solitary places. As the siege of Jerusalem by the Roman armies was the signal for flight to the Judean Christians, so the assumption of power on the part of our nation, in the decree enforcing the papal sabbath, will be a warning to us. It will then be time to leave the large cities, preparatory to leaving the smaller ones for retired homes in secluded places among the mountains. And now, instead of seeking expensive dwellings here, we should be preparing to move to a better country, even a heavenly. Instead of spending our means in self-gratification, we should be studying to economize.-- Testimonies, vol. 5, pp. 464, 465. (1885) {CL 32.1}[1]

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