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

an entrance at the door of your heart, that He may
bless you with His light and make you to rejoice in
His glory. His work is to seek and to save that
which is lost and ready to perish. He wishes to
redeem as many as He can from sin and death, that
He may elevate them to His throne and give them
everlasting life.
Brother B, be entreated to arise and cast aside
your doubts. What makes you inclined to doubt? It
is your life of departure from God, your life of
unconsecration, your jesting and joking. Your lack
of sobriety is endangering your eternal interests.
Christ is inviting you to turn from these follies to
Him. You are not growing in grace and in the
knowledge of the truth. You are not an honor to the
cause. You are not becoming elevated, but are
sinking lower and lower in the scale. You are not
forming a character for heaven and everlasting life.
You are pleasing yourself, passing away time
in frivolity which should be spent with your family,
teaching your children the ways and works of God.
The hours that you spend in company that does you
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