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

Chapter 17
Separation from the World
Dear Brethren and Sisters: God designed that
the light of the church should increase and grow
brighter and brighter unto the perfect day. Precious
promises are made to God's people upon condition
of obedience. If, like Caleb and Joshua, you had
wholly followed the Lord, He would have
magnified His power in your midst. Sinners would
have been converted, and backsliders reclaimed, by
your influence; and even the enemies of our faith,
although they might oppose and speak against the
truth, could but admit that God was with you.
Many of the professed, peculiar people of God
are so conformed to the world that their peculiar
character is not discerned, and it is difficult to
distinguish "between him that serveth God and him
that serveth Him not." God would do great things
for His people if they would come out from the
world and be separate. If they would submit to be
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