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

that they have a divided heart. They are doubleminded,
which makes them unstable in all their
ways. Were they richly imbued with Christian zeal,
which is ever the result of consecration to God,
instead of the mournful cry, "My leanness, my
leanness," the language of the soul would be: "Hear
what the Lord has done for me." Even if you are
saved, which is very doubtful, in the course you are
pursuing, how limited will be the good you have
accomplished. Not a soul will be saved by your
instrumentality. Will the Master say to you: "Well
done, thou good and faithful servant"? What have
you been doing faithfully? Hard work in the
business and cares of this life. Will this bring from
the lips of Christ the gracious words: "Well done,
thou good and faithful servant"?
My brother, Jesus loves you, and He invites
you to face rightabout, and take your eyes from the
earth, and fix them upon the mark for the prize of
your high calling, which is in Christ Jesus. Cease
lightness and trifling. Let a solemn weight of the
time in which we live be borne by you till the war
is over. Go to work; if consecrated to God, your
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