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

middle-aged and the aged. There is no period in
life when children are excused from honoring their
parents. This solemn obligation is binding upon
every son and daughter, and is one of the
conditions to their prolonging their lives upon the
land which the Lord will give the faithful. This is
not a subject unworthy of notice, but a matter of
vital importance. The promise is upon condition of
obedience. If you obey you shall live long in the
land which the Lord your God gives you. If you
disobey you shall not prolong your life in that land.
Here, my sister, is a subject for your prayerful
consideration and earnest meditation. Closely
examine your own heart as in the light of eternity.
Hide nothing from your examination. Search, oh!
search, as for your life, and condemn yourself, pass
judgment upon yourself, and then by faith claim
the cleansing blood of Christ to remove the stains
from your Christian character. Do not flatter or
excuse yourself. Deal truly with your own soul.
And then as you view yourself a sinner, fall, all
broken, at the foot of the cross. Jesus will receive
you, all polluted as you are, and will wash you in
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