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

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You, my dear sister, need a thorough<br />

conversion to <strong>the</strong> truth, which shall slay self.<br />

Cannot you trust in God? Please read Mat<strong>the</strong>w<br />

10:25-40. Please read also, with a prayerful heart,<br />

Mat<strong>the</strong>w 6:24-34. Let <strong>the</strong>se words impress your<br />

heart: "Take no thought <strong>for</strong> your life, what ye shall<br />

eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet <strong>for</strong> your body,<br />

what ye shall put on. Is not <strong>the</strong> life more than meat,<br />

and <strong>the</strong> body than raiment?" The better life is here<br />

referred to. By <strong>the</strong> body is meant <strong>the</strong> inward<br />

adorning, which makes sinful mortals, possessing<br />

<strong>the</strong> meekness and righteousness of Christ, valuable<br />

in His sight, as was Enoch, and entitles <strong>the</strong>m to<br />

receive <strong>the</strong> finishing touch of immortality. Our<br />

Saviour refers us to <strong>the</strong> fowls of <strong>the</strong> air, which sow<br />

not, nei<strong>the</strong>r reap, nor ga<strong>the</strong>r into barns, yet <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

heavenly Fa<strong>the</strong>r feedeth <strong>the</strong>m. Then He says: "Are<br />

ye not much better than <strong>the</strong>y? . . . And why take ye<br />

thought <strong>for</strong> raiment? Consider <strong>the</strong> lilies of <strong>the</strong> field,<br />

how <strong>the</strong>y grow; <strong>the</strong>y toil not, nei<strong>the</strong>r do <strong>the</strong>y spin:<br />

and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all<br />

his glory was not arrayed like one of <strong>the</strong>se." These<br />

lilies, in <strong>the</strong>ir simplicity and innocence, meet <strong>the</strong><br />

mind of God better than Solomon in his costly<br />

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