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

conscientious, God-fearing man.
God loves Sister Pierce. She is one of the timid,
fearing ones, conscientious in the performance of
her duty; and she will receive a reward when Jesus
comes if she is faithful to the end. She has not
made a display of her virtues, she has been retiring,
one of the more silent ones; yet her life has been
useful; she has blessed many by her influence.
Sister Pierce has not much self-esteem and selfconfidence.
She has many fears, yet does not come
under the head of the fearful and unbelieving, who
will find no place in the kingdom of God. Those
outside of the city are among the most confident,
boastful, and apparently zealous ones who live in
word, but not in deed and in truth. Their hearts are
not right with God. His fear is not before them. The
fearful and unbelieving, who are punished with the
second death, are of that class who are ashamed of
Christ in this world. They are afraid to do right and
follow Christ, lest they should meet with pecuniary
loss. They neglect their duty, to avoid reproach and
trials, and to escape dangers. Those who dare not
do right because they will thus expose themselves
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