Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

souls' interest with himself. O the mightiness of the
love of Jesus overwhelms me as I consider it. The
yoke of Christ is easy, and his burden is light.
When we enter more entirely into the love of Jesus
by practice, we shall see far different results in our
own advancement as Christians, and in the molding
of the characters of those brought into relationship
with us. The most difficult business for individuals
is the giving up of that which one thinks is his
right. Love seeketh not her own. Heaven-born love
strikes deeper then the surface. Love vaunteth not
itself, is not puffed up. Fortified with the grace of
Christ, love doth not behave itself unseemly. He
that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God. God is love.
We all need love, gentleness, tenderness,
compassion, forbearance. Expel from the soul
every vestige of selfishness of human dignity.
When all hope was excluded from Adam and
Eve, in consequence of transgression and sin, when
justice demanded the death of the sinner, Christ
gave himself to be a sacrifice for the sin of the
world. The world was under condemnation. Christ
became substitute and surety for man. He would
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