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Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

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Christ's property, <strong>and</strong> we want to lift them up, that<br />

they may be in health, in courage, in faith, in hope.<br />

Let us seek the Lord. Let us make a covenant<br />

with Him by sacrifice. God longs to meet us here.<br />

He does not want us to go away as we are now. He<br />

wants every soul to melt into tenderness before<br />

Him, that He may bestow His rich blessing upon<br />

us. Will not you, who have been accusing your<br />

brethren, come off Satan's ground? It will not<br />

blister your tongue to speak words of tenderness<br />

<strong>and</strong> kindness. It will do you good. It will encourage<br />

in you the spirit that should dwell in you. Gather<br />

with Christ, but do not, by word or action,<br />

discourage those who are putting to the strain every<br />

nerve <strong>and</strong> muscle to carry out the work that God<br />

has directed to be done.<br />

Let us humble ourselves before God, lest He<br />

shall punish us for our course of action in these<br />

things. We want to walk humbly with God, <strong>and</strong> let<br />

the spirit of kindness reign in our lives. Let<br />

affection, <strong>and</strong> love be cultivated. Let the sweet<br />

spirit of Christ come in <strong>and</strong> abide with us. When<br />

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