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

jesting and sporting with men and women who
have not the fear of God before them. Weakheaded
and unprincipled women have retained you
in their presence, and you were like a charmed
bird. You seemed fascinated by these superficial
persons. Angels of God were upon your track and
have faithfully recorded every wrong act, every
instance of departure from virtue's path.
Yes, every act, however secret you may have
thought you were in its committal, has been open
to God, to Christ, and to the holy angels. A book is
written of all the doings of the children of men. Not
an item of this record can be concealed. There is
only one provision made for the transgressor.
Faithful repentance and confession of sin, and faith
in the cleansing blood of Christ, will bring
forgiveness, and pardon will be written against his
name.
O my brother, had you made thorough work
one year ago, the past precious year need not have
been to you worse than a blank. You knew your
Master's will, but did it not. You are in a perilous
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