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

exciting pleasures attract the mind, and separate
from God, and deaden the heart to His fear?
Oh, I beg of you who have so little interest in
holy things, to closely investigate your own heart.
What plea will you make before God for your
worldly, unconsecrated life? In that dread day you
will have no plea to make. You will be speechless.
Think, oh, think, in your pleasure-seeking hours,
that all these things have an end. Did you have
correct views of life, endless life with God, how
quickly would you turn from a life of pleasure and
sin. How quickly would you change your mind,
your course, and your company, and turn the
strength of your affection to God and heavenly
things. How resolutely would you scorn to yield to
temptations which have deceived and captivated
you. How zealous would be your efforts for the
blessed life; how earnest and persevering your
prayers to God for His grace to abide upon you, for
His power to sustain you and help you resist the
devil. How diligent would you be to improve every
religious privilege to learn the ways and will of
God. How careful would you be in meditating upon
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