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

should longer neglect this work, and so perish in
your sins. Do not flatter your soul with false hopes.
You see no way to get hold again but one so
humble that you cannot consent to accept it. Christ
presents to you, even to you, my erring brother, a
message of mercy: "Come; for all things are now
ready." God is ready to accept you and to pardon
all your transgressions, if you will but come.
Though you have been a prodigal, and have
separated from God and stayed away from Him so
long, He will meet you even now. Yes; the Majesty
of heaven invites you to come to Him, that you
may have life. Christ is ready to cleanse you from
sin when you lay hold upon Him. What profit have
you found in serving sin? what profit in serving the
flesh and the devil? Is it not poor wages you
receive? Oh! turn ye, turn ye; for why will ye die?
You have had many convictions, many pangs
of conscience. You have had so many purposes and
made so many promises, and yet you linger and
will not come to Christ that you may have life. Oh,
that your heart may be impressed with a sense of
this time, that you may now turn and live! Cannot
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