Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

message. The churches of the world are being
drugged with the opiates of error. The great
deceiver is making determined efforts to becloud
the understanding of the people. Let not those be
discouraged who would go forth to warn a
perishing world. The cause of God needs the labors
of men who have faith, men who can pray, and
who can open the Scriptures in simplicity to the
people. It is the simplicity of true godliness that
will speak of the love of God for souls ready to
perish.
God requires much more of the men at the head
of the work than they give him. Some give him
long sermons, but this he does not require. Workers
are needed just now who will explain the word of
God in its simplicity. There is a fearful deception
upon human minds. Even those who hold positions
of trust are not all faithful. But do not allow
yourselves to sleep. The light of truth must go forth
as a lamp that burneth.
If our leaders realized the time of night, they
could not leave our cities unwarned and be willing
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