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

have Christ, or the world?" Satan presents the
world with its most alluring, flattering charms to
poor mortals, and they gaze upon it, and its glitter
and tinsel eclipse the glory of heaven and that life
which is as enduring as the throne of God. A life of
peace, happiness, joy unspeakable, which shall
know nothing of sorrow, sadness, pain, nor death,
is sacrificed for a short lifetime of sin. All who will
turn from the pleasures of earth, and with Moses
choose rather to suffer affliction with the people of
God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season,
esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than
the treasures of the world, will, with faithful
Moses, receive the unfading crown of immortality
and the far more exceeding and eternal weight of
glory.
The mother of this girl has at different times
been susceptible to the influence of the truth, but
she has soon lost the impression through
indecision. She lacks decision of character, is too
vacillating, and is affected too much by
unbelievers. She must encourage decision,
fortitude, steadiness of purpose, which will not be
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