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

from God. The means entrusted to you were
expended for your own convenience, to surround
yourself with the good things of this life. I saw the
angels looking upon you with yearning sadness,
their faces half averted, loath to leave you. Yet
their presence was not perceived by you, and your
course was pursued without reference to your angel
guard.
The business and cares of your new position
claimed your time and attention, and your duty to
God was not considered. Jesus had purchased you
by His own blood. You were not your own. Your
time, your strength, and the means you handled all
belonged to your Redeemer. He had been your
constant Friend, your strength and support when
every other friend had proved a broken reed. You
have repaid the love and bounty of God with
ingratitude and forgetfulness.
Your only safety was in implicit trust in Christ,
your Saviour. There was no safety for you away
from the cross. How weak human strength seemed
in this instance! Oh, how evident that there is no
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