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

and reign.
Shortsighted mortals do not comprehend the
ways and works of God. Their eyes are not directed
upward to Him as they should be. They do not have
exalted views of eternal things. They only look at
these things with a clouded vision. They take no
special delight in contemplating the love of God,
the glory and splendor of heaven, the exalted
character of the holy angels, the majesty and
inexpressible loveliness of Jesus, our Redeemer.
They have so long kept earthly things before their
vision that eternal scenes are vague and indistinct
to them. They have limited views of God, heaven,
and eternity.
Sacred things are brought down upon a level
with common; therefore in their dealing with God
they manifest the same close, penurious spirit as in
dealing with their fellow men. Their offerings to
the Lord are lame, sick, or deficient. They carry on
the same robbery with Him that they have with
their fellow men. Their minds do not reach up to an
exalted moral standard, but remain on a low level;
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