Mind, Character, and Personality Vol. 2 - Second Advent Revival

ound you. There is no need for you to be his slave. "Ye are My friends," Christ said, "if
ye do whatsoever I command you."--Lt 228, 1903. (MM 43.) {2MCP 490.1}
One Remedy Suggested to a Minister Suffering Depression.--You should labor
with care and observe periods of rest. By so doing you will retain your physical and
mental vigor and render your labor much more efficient. Brother F, you are a nervous
man and move much from impulse. Mental depression influences your labor very much.
At times you feel a want of freedom and think it is because others are in darkness or
wrong or that something is the matter, you can hardly tell what, and you make a drive
somewhere and upon somebody which is liable to do great harm. If you would quiet
yourself when in this restless, nervous condition and rest and calmly wait on God and
inquire if the trouble is not in yourself, you would save wounding your own soul and
wounding the precious cause of God.--1T 622 (1867). {2MCP 490.2}
Dwelling Upon the Disagreeable.--When you see iniquity all around you it makes
you all the more glad that He is your Saviour, and we are His children. Then shall we
look at the iniquity around us and dwell upon the dark side? You cannot cure it; then
talk of something that is higher, better, and more noble.... {2MCP 490.3}
Now we may go into a cellar and stay there and look around into its dark corners,
and we can talk of the darkness and say, "Oh, it is so dark here," and keep talking
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about it. But will it make it any lighter? Oh no! What are you going to do? Come out of it;
come out of the dark into the upper chamber where the light of God's countenance
shines brightly. {2MCP 490.4}
You know our bodies are made up of the food assimilated. Now, it is the same with
our minds. If we have a mind to dwell on the disagreeable things of life, we will not have
any hope, but we want to dwell on the cheery scenes of heaven. Says Paul, "Our light
affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal
weight of glory" (2 Corinthians 4:17).-- MS 7, 1888. {2MCP 491.1}
Christ Sympathizes (encouragement to a Christian suffering depression).--My
dear aged sister _____, I am much grieved because you are sick and suffering. But
cling to Him whom you have loved and served these many years. He gave His own life
for the world, and He loves everyone who trusts in Him. He sympathizes with those who
suffer under the depression of disease. He feels every pang of anguish that His loved
ones feel. Just rest in His arms and know that He is your Saviour, and your very best
Friend, and that He will never leave nor forsake you. He has been your dependence for
many years, and your soul may rest in hope. {2MCP 491.2}
You will come forth with other faithful ones who have believed in Him, to praise Him
with a voice of triumph. All you are expected to do is to rest in His love. Do not worry.
Jesus loves you, and now when you are weak and suffering, He holds you in His arms,
just as a loving father holds a little child. Trust in Him in whom you have believed. Has
He not loved and cared for you all through your lifetime? Just rest in the precious