Selected Messages, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

will come when we are asleep, and we want to be
ready.” The husband would ask his wife if he had
said a word during the day that she had thought
was not in accordance with the truth and the faith
which they professed, and then she would ask him
the same question. Then they would bow before the
Lord and ask Him if they had sinned in thought or
word or action, and if so that he would forgive that
transgression. Now we want just such simplicity as
this.
You want to be like little children, hanging
upon the merits of a crucified and risen Saviour,
and then you will be fortified. How? The angels of
God will be around you as a wall of fire. The
righteousness of Christ, which you claim, goes
before you, and the glory of God is your rearward.
God sanctify the tongues; God sanctify the
thoughts; God sanctify our minds, that we may
dwell upon heavenly themes, and then that we may
impart that knowledge and light to others. There is
great advancement for us, and do not stop here.
May God help you to make the most of your
responsibilities.—Manuscript 9, 1891.
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