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

precious. We wish to help you.
I saw that you are not happy. You are not at
rest. You feel distressed, and yet you refuse to take
the only course that will bring you relief and hope.
He that confesseth and forsaketh his sins shall find
mercy. Your condition is deplorable, and you are
greatly injuring the cause of God. Your influence
will destroy others besides yourself.
If you refuse to come to God and confess your
backslidings that He may heal you, there is nothing
to be hoped for you or your poor family in the
future. Misery will follow upon the steps of sin.
God's hand will be against you, and He will leave
you to be controlled by Satan, to be led captive by
him at his will. You know not to what lengths you
may go. You will be like a man at sea without an
anchor. The truth of God is an anchor. You are
breaking away from that anchor. Your eternal
interests are being sacrificed to the lust of the flesh,
the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. You are
on the point of breaking the bonds which would
save you from utter destruction. In seeking to save
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