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

Even the professed church of Christ, with their
exalted privileges and high professions, discerned
not the image of Christ in this self-denying child of
God because they were so far removed from Christ
themselves that they reflected not His image. They
judged by the external appearance and took no
special pains to discern the inward adorning. Here
was a woman whose resources of knowledge and
genuine experience in the mysteries of godliness
exceeded those of anyone residing at ——-, and
whose manner of address to the youth and children
was pleasing, instructive, and salutary. She was not
harsh, but correct and sympathetic, and would have
proved one of the most useful laborers in the field
as an instructor of the youth and an intelligent,
useful companion and counselor to mothers. She
could reach hearts by her earnest, matter-of-fact
presentation of incidents in her religious life, which
she had devoted to the service of her Redeemer.
Had the church emerged from darkness and
deception into the clear light, their hearts would
have been drawn out after the lonely stranger. Her
prayers, her tears, her distress, at seeing no way of
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