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

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privation, and sorrow it will be a strength and a<br />

staff to you. You will find it all hung with mercy,<br />

compassion, sympathy, and inexpressible love. It<br />

will prove to you a pledge of immortality. May you<br />

be able to say with Paul: "God <strong>for</strong>bid that I should<br />

glory, save in <strong>the</strong> cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by<br />

whom <strong>the</strong> world is crucified unto me, and I unto<br />

<strong>the</strong> world."<br />

The Spirit of <strong>the</strong> Lord has been striving with<br />

your wife <strong>for</strong> some time. If you would yield all to<br />

God, she would have strength to take her position<br />

to seek to live out <strong>the</strong> truth. If you choose to turn<br />

from <strong>the</strong> truth, you will not go down alone; you<br />

will not only lose your own soul, but will be <strong>the</strong><br />

means of turning o<strong>the</strong>rs out of <strong>the</strong> way, and <strong>the</strong><br />

blood of souls will be on your garments. Had you<br />

maintained your integrity, your mo<strong>the</strong>r, your<br />

bro<strong>the</strong>r E, and one who now hovers over <strong>the</strong> brink<br />

of <strong>the</strong> grave, might now be enjoying <strong>the</strong><br />

consolation of <strong>the</strong> Spirit of God and have a good<br />

experience in <strong>the</strong> truth. Ever bear in mind that we<br />

are accountable <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> influence we exert. Our<br />

influence ga<strong>the</strong>rs with Christ or scatters abroad.<br />

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