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

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Its purity and exalted character are changeless. It<br />

lives; <strong>for</strong> it is immortal.<br />

My beloved sister, cling to <strong>the</strong> truth. Obtain an<br />

experience <strong>for</strong> yourself. You have an individuality.<br />

You are accountable only <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> manner in which<br />

you, independent of all o<strong>the</strong>rs, use <strong>the</strong> light that<br />

shines upon your pathway. The lack of<br />

consecration in o<strong>the</strong>rs will be no excuse <strong>for</strong> you.<br />

The fact that <strong>the</strong>y pervert <strong>the</strong> truth by <strong>the</strong>ir wrong<br />

course of action, because <strong>the</strong>y are unsanctified by<br />

it, will not render you less responsible. A solemn<br />

obligation rests upon you to exalt <strong>the</strong> standard of<br />

truth, to bear it aloft. Even if <strong>the</strong> standard-bearer<br />

faints and falls, do not leave <strong>the</strong> precious standard<br />

to trail in <strong>the</strong> dust. Seize it, and bear it aloft, even at<br />

<strong>the</strong> peril of your good name, your worldly honor,<br />

and your life, if required. My much-respected<br />

sister, I entreat you to look up. Cling fast to your<br />

heavenly Fa<strong>the</strong>r's hand. Jesus, our Advocate, lives<br />

to make intercession <strong>for</strong> us. Whoever may deny <strong>the</strong><br />

faith by <strong>the</strong>ir unholy lives, it does not change <strong>the</strong><br />

truth into a lie. "Never<strong>the</strong>less <strong>the</strong> foundation of<br />

God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord<br />

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