God has given me light regarding our periodicals. What is it?-- He said that the dead are to speak. How?--Their works shall follow them. We are to repeat the words of the pioneers in our work, who knew what it cost to search for the truth as for hidden treasure, and who labored to lay the foundation of our work. They moved forward step by step under the influence of the Spirit of God. One by one these pioneers are passing away. The word given me is, Let that which these men have written in the past be reproduced. . . .
Let the truths that are the foundation of our faith be kept before the people. Some will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. They talk science, and the enemy comes in and gives them an abundance of science; but it is not the science of salvation. It is not the science of humility, of consecration, or of the sanctification of the spirit. We are now to understand what the pillars of our faith are,-- the truths that have made us as a people what we are, leading us on step by step.-- Review and Herald, May 25, 1905
The record of the experience through which the people of God passed in the early history of our work must be republished. (Letter 105, 1903)
Let those who are dead speak … by reprinting their articles. (Manuscript 62, 1905)
Make prominent the testimony of some of the old workers who are now dead. (Letter 99, 1905)
These articles should now be reprinted, that there may be a living voice from the Lord’s witnesses. (Letter 99, 1905)
The history of the early experiences in the message will be a power to withstand the masterly ingenuity of Satan’s deceptions. (Letter 99, 1905)
Gather up the rays of divine light that God has given as He led His people on step by step in the way of truth. (Manuscript 62, 1905)
The standard-bearers who have fallen in death, are to speak through the reprinting of their writings … to bear their testimony as to what constitutes truth for this time. (Counsels to Writers and Editors, p. 32, 1905)
