Maybe some of those poor Israelites…They left garlic and onions to eat Angel’s food, and was complaining about it. They had left the muddy waters of Egypt to drink from the fountain of life, and were complaining about it. They had led—left the boasting physicians of Egypt to be with the great Physician, and was complaining about it. They left a bunch of people that believes the days of miracles were past to be with a bunch of people, believed that all things were possible, and still complaining about it. Isn’t that just like the church today? Come out of Egypt, come out of the world, out here in this glorious Church of the living God, the firstborn, and ’cause we have little trials, God asked us to believe and to hold on. We still complain about it. Now notice, another thing they had done. They left the people back there that had no signs, to live under the Pillar of Fire and a Cloud, and was complaining about it. No wonder their water supply was cut off. That’s what’s the matter with the church today. There’s too much grumbling about things, complaining. Be satisfied and keep moving on, pressing on.

Take the Rod and Gather the People, 1950-08-27, Cleveland, OH, §22