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

home, while you would, at the same time, address
the throne of grace, attend meeting, and bear
testimony in favor of the truth. These exhibitions
have led your children to despise you and the truth
you profess. They have no confidence in your
Christianity. They believe you to be a hypocrite,
and it is true that you are a sadly deceived man.
You can no more enter heaven without a thorough
change than could Simon Magus, who thought that
the Holy Ghost could be bought with money. Your
family have seen your overreaching spirit, your
readiness to take advantage of others, your
penurious spirit toward those with whom you
sometimes deal, and they despise you for it; yet
they will too surely follow in your footsteps of
wrongdoing.
Your deal is not what it should be. It is difficult
for you to deal justly and to love mercy. You have
dishonored the cause of God by your life. You
have contended for the truth, but not in a right
spirit. You have hindered souls from embracing the
truth who otherwise would have done so. They
have excused themselves by pointing to the errors
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