Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

een satisfied with something short of pure and undefiled religion. I want to arouseyou. The angels of God are trying to arouse you. Oh, that the important truths of theword of God may arouse you to a sense of your danger, and lead you to a thoroughexamination of yourselves! Your hearts are yet carnal. They are not subject to the lawof God, neither indeed can be. These carnal hearts must be changed, and you see suchbeauty in holiness that you will pant after it as the hart panteth after the water brooks.Then you will love God and love His law. Then the yoke of Christ will be easy and Hisburden light. Although you will have trials, yet these trials, well borne, only make theway more precious. The immortal inheritance is for the self-denying Christian.I saw that the Christian should not set too high a value, or depend too much, upona happy flight of feeling. These feelings are not always true guides. It should be thestudy of every Christian to serve God from principle, and not be ruled by feeling. Byso doing, faith will be brought into exercise, and will increase. I was shown that ifthe Christian lives a humble, self-sacrificing life, peace and joy in the Lord will be theresult. But the greatest happiness experienced will be in doing others good, in makingothers happy. Such happiness will be lasting.Many of the young have not a fixed principle to serve God. They do not exercisefaith. They sink under every cloud. They have no power of endurance. They do notgrow in grace. They appear to keep the commandments of God. They make now andthen a formal prayer and are called Christians. Their parents are so anxious for themthat they accept anything which appears favorable, and do not labor with them, andteach them that the carnal mind must die. They encourage them to come along andact a part; but they fail to lead them to search their own hearts diligently, to examinethemselves, and to count the cost of what it is to be a161