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

learn of Jesus, who is meek and lowly of heart, and
then you will obtain rest. Oh, what a work you
have to do to perfect holiness in the fear of God,
and be prepared for the society of the pure and holy
angels. You need to humble your heart before God,
and seek meekness and righteousness, that you
may be hid in the day of the Lord's fierce anger.
Brother B, the Lord let His blessing rest upon
you last spring; but you did not see the relation
which watchfulness and prayer sustain to a
progress in the divine life. You have neglected
these duties, and the result is that darkness has
enshrouded you. You have been in a state of
uncertainty and distrust, and have frequently
chosen the society of those who are in darkness,
those whom Satan uses to scatter from Christ. You
could live among the most corrupt, and remain
unstained, unsullied, if God in His providence thus
directed you. But it is dangerous for those who
wish to honor God to find their pleasure and
entertainment with companions who fear Him not.
Satan ever surrounds such with great darkness; and
if those who profess Christ go unbidden into this
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