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

coming up to the help of the Lord, to remedy the
evil. You had a standard by which you measured
others. If they failed to meet your idea, your
sympathy was not with them, and you had a selfcomplacent
feeling in regard to yourself.
You have been exacting in your religious
experience. Should God deal with you as you
would have dealt with those you supposed in error
in the church, and as you have dealt with your own
family, your condition would be bad indeed. But a
merciful God, who is of tender pity, whose lovingkindness
changeth not, has been forgiving, and has
not cast you aside nor cut you off for your
transgressions, your numerous errors and
backsliding. Oh, no! He has loved you still.
Have you really considered that "with what
measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you
again"? You have seen pride, and vanity, and a
world-loving spirit in some who profess to be
Christians in ——-. This is a great evil; and
because this spirit is indulged, angels are grieved.
Those who thus follow the example of the
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