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Gold Tried in the Fire - Robert J. Wieland

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you believe <strong>in</strong> Jesus, when you have an<br />

appreciation of <strong>the</strong> cost of salvation. You may<br />

make this claim, when you feel that Jesus died for<br />

you on <strong>the</strong> cruel cross of Calvary; when you have<br />

an <strong>in</strong>telligent, understand<strong>in</strong>g faith that his death<br />

makes it possible for you to cease from s<strong>in</strong>, and to<br />

perfect a righteous character through <strong>the</strong> grace of<br />

God, bestowed upon you as <strong>the</strong> purchase of<br />

Christ's blood."—Ellen G. White, Review and<br />

Herald, July 24, 1888.<br />

Charles Wesley understood it. He prayed:<br />

O for a heart to praise my God<br />

A heart from s<strong>in</strong> set free,<br />

A heart that always feels Thy blood,<br />

So freely shed for me.<br />

It would not be amiss for us to pray with John<br />

Newton, "The feel<strong>in</strong>g heart, <strong>the</strong> melt<strong>in</strong>g eye, <strong>the</strong><br />

humble m<strong>in</strong>d, bestow."<br />

When our Lord said that "<strong>in</strong>iquity [anomia]<br />

shall abound" <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> last days, (Mat<strong>the</strong>w 24:12), He<br />

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