A Solemn Appeal - Ellen G. White

If the sisters were elevated, and possessed
purity of heart, any corrupt advances, even from
their minister, would be repulsed with such
positiveness that they would never be repeated.
Minds must be terribly befogged that can listen to
the voice of the seducer because he is a minister,
and therefore break God’s plain and positive
commands, and flatter themselves that they commit
no sin. Have we not the words of John: “He that
saith, I know him, and keepeth not his
commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in
him”? What saith the law? “Thou shalt not commit
adultery.” The fact of a man’s professing to keep
God’s holy law, and ministering in sacred things,
should he take advantage of the confidence his
position gives him to indulge his passions, should,
of itself, be sufficient to lead any woman
professing godliness, to see that, although his
profession was as exalted as the heavens, any
impure proposal coming from him was the work of
Satan disguised as an angel of light. I cannot
believe that the word of God is abiding in the
hearts of those who are so readily controlled, and
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