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

led by Him, He would make them a praise in all the
earth. Says the True Witness: "I know thy works."
Angels of God who minister unto those who shall
be heirs of salvation are acquainted with the
condition of all and understand just the measure of
faith possessed by each individual. The unbelief,
pride, covetousness, and love of the world, which
have existed in the hearts of God's professed
people, have grieved the sinless angels. As they
have seen that grievous and presumptuous sins
exist in the hearts of many professed followers of
Christ, and that God has been dishonored by their
inconsistent, crooked course, they have been
caused to weep. And yet those most at fault, those
who cause the greatest feebleness in the church and
bring a stain upon their holy profession, do not
seem to be alarmed or convicted, but seem to feel
that they are flourishing in the Lord.
Many believe that they are on the right
foundation, that they have the truth; they rejoice in
its clearness and boast of the powerful arguments
in proof of the correctness of our position. Such
reckon themselves among the chosen, peculiar
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