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

get it out when once it is there. It is easier to dwell
upon a supposed wrong than to pacify or control
the feelings when once aroused.
Brother P has qualities which would be
excellent if they were refined by the elevating
influences of pure religion. He can be useful.
Sincere piety alone can qualify him to perform his
duties well in this world and give him a fitness for
heaven. A heavenly character must be acquired
upon earth, my brother, or you will never possess
it; therefore you should engage at once in the work
which you have to do. You should labor earnestly
to obtain a fitness for heaven. Live for heaven.
Live by faith.
Brother P, you are a rough stone; but the hand
of a skillful workman is upon you. Will you let
Him hew and square you, and polish you for that
building which is coming together without the
sound of ax or hammer? Not a blow is to be struck
after probation closes. You must now, in the hours
of probation, overcome your impetuous temper, or
be separated from God at last.
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