"Said the angel . . ."

"Said the angel: 'If light come, and that light is set aside or rejected, then comes condemnation and the frown of God; but before the light comes, there is no sin, for there is no light for them to reject.'" 

"Said the angel . . . 'Think ye, feeble man, that ye can stay the work of God? Feeble man, one touch of His finger can lay thee prostrate. He will suffer thee but a little while.'"

"Said the angel: 'Be a living example . . . Let your works show that you are God's peculiar people, and that you have a peculiar work, to give the last message of mercy to the world. Let your works show to those around you that this world is not your home.'" 

"I saw that decided efforts should be made to show those who are unchristian in life their wrongs, and if they do not reform, they should be separated from the precious and holy, that God may have a clean and pure people that He can delight in. Dishonor Him not by linking or uniting the clean with the unclean." ~excerpts from Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 1, pages 116-118

"The leaders are responsible not only for their own unsanctified mistakes, but for the mistakes of those who follow their example.  When reproved for bringing in wrong principles they manifest a perverse spirit, a spirit that will not be corrected or humbled." ~Manuscript 139, 1903, p.14 

"The spirit manifested by the leader will be, to a great extent, reflected by the people.  If the leaders professing to believe the solemn, important truths that are to test the world at this time, manifest no ardent zeal to prepare a people to stand in the day of God, we must expect the church to be careless, indolent, and pleasure-loving." ~Christian Service, p. 177