Selected Messages, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

that the plan of redemption is a plan of mercy, set
in operation to soften whatever is hard and rugged
in human nature. They need to cultivate that rare
Christian courtesy which makes men kind and
considerate to all. The Christian is to be
sympathetic as well as true, pitiful and courteous as
well as upright and honest.
Men of the world study to be courteous, to
make themselves as pleasing as possible. They
study to render their address and manners such that
they will have the greatest influence over those
with whom they associate. They use their
knowledge and abilities as skillfully as possible in
order to gain this object. “The children of this
world are in their generation wiser than the
children of light.
As you go through life, you will meet with
those whose lot is far from easy. Toil and
deprivation, with no hope for better things in the
future, make their burden very heavy. And when
pain and sickness is added, the burden is almost
greater than they can bear. Careworn and
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