Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

is made perfect in our weakness.
We must humble self, today, tomorrow, and
constantly. With a willing, sanctified heart, we
must cooperate with God. We are living in the time
when Satan has come down in great power. He is
walking about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he
may devour. But the Lord is ready to take away the
sin that hinders us from yoking up with Christ. If
we wear the yoke of Christ, he will be our
Immanuel, - "God with us" supplying every
weakness with his strength, every inefficiency with
his power and success. But if we take glory to
ourselves, he removes his excellency from us, and
we no longer ride prosperously.
Take up the stones, remove the rubbish from
your hearts. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh
away the sin of the world. God's servants need
constantly to lay hold with one hand of souls ready
to perish, while with the hand of faith they lay hold
of the throne of God. Souls possessed with evil
spirits will present themselves before us. We must
cultivate the spirit of earnest prayer, mingled with
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