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

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Master say to you, if He should find you as you are<br />

at <strong>the</strong> present time: "Well done, good and faithful<br />

servant; . . . enter thou into <strong>the</strong> joy of thy Lord"?<br />

What joy is here referred to? "Who <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> joy that<br />

was set be<strong>for</strong>e Him endured <strong>the</strong> cross, despising<br />

<strong>the</strong> shame, and is set down at <strong>the</strong> right hand of <strong>the</strong><br />

throne of God." The joy that was set be<strong>for</strong>e Jesus<br />

was that of seeing souls redeemed by <strong>the</strong> sacrifice<br />

of His glory, His honor, His riches, and His own<br />

life. The salvation of man was His joy. When all<br />

<strong>the</strong> redeemed shall be ga<strong>the</strong>red into <strong>the</strong> kingdom of<br />

God, He will see of <strong>the</strong> travail of His soul and be<br />

satisfied.<br />

Those who are co-workers with Christ,<br />

partakers with Him of His self-denial and His<br />

sacrifice, may be instrumental in bringing souls to<br />

Christ, and may see <strong>the</strong>m saved, eternally saved, to<br />

praise God, and <strong>the</strong> Lamb who hath redeemed<br />

<strong>the</strong>m. Pleasanton, Kansas, Oct. 15, 1870.<br />

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