Selected Messages, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

expectations, and strengthen our souls to endure
the conflicts and trials of this life. As we dwell on
these scenes the Lord will encourage our faith and
confidence. He will draw aside the veil and give us
glimpses of the saints’ inheritance.
As I presented the goodness, the love, the
tender compassion of our heavenly Father, I felt
that the Spirit of the Lord was resting not only
upon me but upon the people. Light and freedom
and blessing came to the hearers and there was
hearty response to the words spoken. The social
meeting that followed evidenced that the Word had
found lodgment in the hearts of the hearers. Many
bore testimony that this day was the happiest of
their lives, and it was indeed a precious season, for
we knew the presence of the Lord Jesus was in the
assembly and that to bless. I knew that the special
revealing of the Spirit of God was for a purpose, to
quell the doubts, to roll back the tide of unbelief
which had been admitted into hearts and minds
concerning Sister White and the work the Lord had
given her to do.
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