Life sketches of ellen g. white

the laborers showed that great difficulties were attending
every branch of the work. One morning, before the meeting,
a group of workers gathered about the stove in the meeting
hall, and related some of their experiences and
disappointments. Good halls for public services were very
expensive. To the inexpensive halls the class of people
they desired to reach would not come. Tents soon wore out
in the damp climate. In their efforts to do house-to-house
work, the doors of the best homes did not open to the Bible
worker; and in the houses where the doors opened readily,
minds were slow to comprehend the importance of obedience
to unpopular truths. "What can be done?" was the inquiry.
p. 291, Para. 1, [LS15].
Consecration, Courage, Confidence -- During a series of
meetings held in Great Grimsby just before the Council,
Mrs. White had given several discourses teaching
consecration, courage, and confidence. In closing a sermon
on the experience of the disciples in connection with the
resurrection of Jesus, she said: p. 291, Para. 2, [LS15].
"We should improve every opportunity given us day by day
to overcome the temptations of the enemy. This life is a
conflict, and we have a foe who never sleeps, who is
watching constantly to destroy our minds and lure us away
from our precious Saviour, who has given His life for us.
Shall we lift the cross given us? or shall we go on in
selfish gratification, and lose the eternity of bliss? We
cannot afford to sin; we cannot afford to disgrace the law
of God. p. 291, Para. 3, [LS15].
"The question should not be with us, How shall I make the
most money in this world? The question should not be, Shall
I serve God? Shall we serve God, or Baal? 'Choose you this
day whom ye will serve;' 'as for me and my house, we will
serve the Lord.' Joshua 24:15. p. 292, Para. 1, [LS15].
"I do not look to the end for all the happiness; I get
happiness as I go along. Notwithstanding I have trials and
afflictions, I look away to Jesus. It is in the strait,
hard places that He is right by our side, and we can
commune with Him, and lay all our burdens upon the Burden
Bearer, and say, 'Here, Lord, I cannot carry these burdens
longer.' Then He says to us, 'My yoke is easy, and My
burden is light.' Matthew 11:30. Do you believe it? I have
tested it. I love Him; I love Him. I see in Him matchless
charms. And I want to praise Him in the kingdom of God. p.