Life sketches and faith work . ieve thatGod was destroying Christs property ? Christ paid a great ran-som for her. Sickness comes through disease or sin, and thedevil; so I believe and teach and practicco w. g. r. ELDER W. G. RAYMOND. 235 My Correspondence with A. B. Simpson. New York, Oct. 7, 1888. My Dear Brother:—I am deeply grieved to find since I went toOhio and Old Orchard that you have contrary to the most earnestcounsel of Dr. Cookman and myself become identified with and Mrs. Johnson. The public announcement of theirnames and appointments have been sent me and many earnest
Life sketches and faith work . ieve thatGod was destroying Christs property ? Christ paid a great ran-som for her. Sickness comes through disease or sin, and thedevil; so I believe and teach and practicco w. g. r. ELDER W. G. RAYMOND. 235 My Correspondence with A. B. Simpson. New York, Oct. 7, 1888. My Dear Brother:—I am deeply grieved to find since I went toOhio and Old Orchard that you have contrary to the most earnestcounsel of Dr. Cookman and myself become identified with and Mrs. Johnson. The public announcement of theirnames and appointments have been sent me and many earnest andOodly people who desired to attend your services have beengrieved and hindered. I need hardly say to you that after much prayer and consulta-tion with Dr. Cookman we are obliged by our conscience and ourloyalty to Christs truth and our own position as witnesses for thetruth, to withdraw our fellowship from the work, and guard Godsdear children from error and Spiritual danger. ^ ^ /«i^<j^. P. S. I need hardly say to 3ou how deeply I deplore the neces-sity for this and how truly I have cared and desired to help youin your work. a. b. s. New York, April 12, W. G. Raymond, Jersey City, N. J., My Bear Brother:—Only the hurry of overwhelming work hasprevented my writing you sooner in answer to your kind letter ofMarch loth. I am very glad to state frankly to you the reasons why and myself were not free to work in entire cooperationwith you in connection with the Elsey Chapel. Neither of us have any personal charges of any kind, or objec-tions, or any right to interfere with you or judge you as a privateChristian. 236 LIFE SKETCHES OF It is simpl} 3our public teaching and work with which we haveno concern, and this we have a right to consider most carefullybefore committing ourselves responsibly to any work. Our reason for caution in this matter is mainly because of whatyou 3ourself have said to me in our personal conversations aboutyour work, and from
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