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

you to see all, and to have that hatred for this evil
that He has. Let your light so shine that others by
seeing your good works may be led to glorify your
Father who is in heaven. God has been displeased
with your course, for it has been marked by selfinterest.
He is still displeased with it, and will deal
with you in judgment, unless you rid yourself of
this spirit of littleness, and seek to be sanctified
through the truth. Faith without works is dead,
being alone. Faith will never save you unless it is
justified by works. God requires of you to be rich
in good works, ready to distribute, willing to
communicate, laying up in store for yourselves a
good foundation against the time to come, that you
may lay hold on eternal life.
I was shown that you have oppressed hirelings
in their wages. You have taken advantage of
circumstances and secured your help at the lowest
figure. This has not been pleasing to God. You
should have paid your help liberally, all that they
earned. God sees and knows. The Searcher of
hearts is acquainted with the thoughts, the intents
and purposes of the heart. Every dollar that has
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