Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

leave you a miserable wreck, without God and
without hope.
The imagination must be positively and
persistently controlled if the passions and
affections are made subject to reason, conscience,
and character. You are in danger, for you are just
upon the point of sacrificing your eternal interests
at the altar of passion. Passion is obtaining positive
control of your entire being—passion of what
quality? of a base, destructive nature. By yielding
to it, you will embitter the lives of your parents,
bring sadness and shame to your sisters, sacrifice
your own character, and forfeit heaven and a
glorious immortal life. Are you ready to do this? I
appeal to you to stop where you are. Advance not
another step in your headstrong, wanton course; for
before you are misery and death Unless you
exercise self-control in regard to your passions and
affections, you will surely bring yourself into
disrepute with all around you, and will bring upon
your character disgrace which will last while you
live.
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