Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

Christ constrain your heart and your soul, in
dealing with the precious souls for whom Jesus has
given his own life? Under his constraining
discipline do old traits of character, that are not in
conformity to the will of God, pass away and the
opposite take their place? "A new heart will I give
thee." Have all things become new through your
conversion to the Lord Jesus Christ? In words and
by painstaking effort are you sowing such seed in
these young hearts that you can ask the Lord to
water it, that it shall, with his imputed
righteousness, ripen into a rich harvest? Ask
yourself, Am I by my own unsanctified words and
impatience and want of that wisdom that is from
above, confirming these youth in their perverse
spirit because they see that their teacher has a spirit
unlike Christ? If they should die in their sins, shall
I not be accountable for their souls? The soul who
loves Jesus, who appreciates the saving power of
his grace will feel such a drawing near to Christ,
that he will desire to work in his lines. He can not,
dare not, let Satan control his spirit and a
poisonous miasma surround his soul. Everything
will be placed one side that will corrupt his
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