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

in His cause and work. There should be selfabasement,
and a putting away of all jealousy, evil
surmising, envy, hatred, malice, and unbelief. An
entire transformation is needed. Some have lost
sight of our pattern, the suffering Man of Calvary.
In His service we need not expect ease, honor, and
greatness in this life; for He, the Majesty of
heaven, did not receive it. "He is despised and
rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted
with grief." "He was wounded for our
transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities:
the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and
with His stripes we are healed." With this example
before us, will we choose to shun the cross, and to
be swayed by circumstances? Shall our zeal, our
fervor, be kindled only when we are surrounded by
those who are awake and zealous in the work and
cause of God?
Can we not stand in God, let our surroundings
be ever so unpleasant and discouraging? "What
shall we then say to these things? If God be for us,
who can be against us? He that spared not His own
Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He
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