Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

them in an evil course by showing confidence in
them will not help the wrong-doer or enrich the
experience of those who by their course become
partakers of their evil deeds. Those men who
should have stood firm as a rock to principle,
spoiled their influence by succumbing to
temptation when brought into a strait place. The
saving power of Christ was not with them. Christ's
sympathy was not impaired by his sinlessness. It
was his steadfast adherence to righteousness and
truth that made him a power of grace to redeem.
All emergencies will call the faithful ones to
action. All combinations of difficulties which
arouse us to seek God's help are really working
together for good to those who love God, and who
will maintain their integrity at all hazards. When
emergencies force men to a decision, and the ones
who act their part unselfishly, bravely, are called to
resist the working of evil men, they are obtaining a
clearer self-knowledge. They see the necessity of
standing steadfast to pure, unadulterated principles,
if they would save the souls ready to perish. Such a
sympathy Christ had when he rebuked wrong.
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