The TRUTH book Volume 1 (PDF) - For My People Ministry

212the TRUTH, the whole TRUTH, and nothing but the TRUTHfrom just a little bit of error. We pray that somehow their eyes will be openedbefore it is too late.God says:Luke 1:11-12And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the rightside of the altar of incense. And when Zacharias saw him, he wastroubled, and fear fell upon him.1 Chronicles 21:16, 30And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD standbetween the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his handstretched out over Jerusalem. But David could not go before it to enquireof God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.Numbers 22:23, 31And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way. Then theLORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORDstanding in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he boweddown his head, and fell flat on his face.Life Sketches of Ellen G. White, pp. 69-70In my second vision, about a week after the first, the Lord gave me aview of the trials through which I must pass, and told me that I must goand relate to others what He had revealed to me. It was shown me that mylabors would meet with great opposition, and that my heart would be rentwith anguish; but that the grace of God would be sufficient to sustain methrough all.After I came out of this vision I was exceedingly troubled, for itpointed out my duty to go out among the people and present the truth. Myhealth was so poor that I was in constant bodily suffering, and to allappearance had but a short time to live. I was only seventeen years of age,small and frail, unused to society, and naturally so timid and retiring thatit was painful for me to meet strangers.For several days, and far into the night, I prayed that this burden mightbe removed from me, and laid upon some one more capable of bearing it.But the light of duty did not change, and the words of the angel soundedcontinually in my ears, "Make known to others what I have revealed toyou."Hitherto when the Spirit of God had urged me to duty, I had risenabove myself, forgetting all fear and timidity in the thought of Jesus' loveand the wonderful work He had done for me.But it seemed impossible for me to perform this work that waspresented before me; to attempt it seemed certain failure. The trialsattending it appeared more than I could endure. How could I, a child inyears, go forth from place to place, unfolding to the people the holy truthsof God? My heart shrank in terror from the thought. My brother Robert,but two years older than myself, could not accompany me, for he wasfeeble in health, and his timidity was greater than mine; nothing couldhave induced him to take such a step. My father had a family to support,