Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

onds of peace. There is one body and one Spirit,
even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and
Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and
in you all. But unto every one of us is given grace
according to the measure of the gift of Christ."
We are to learn from past experience how to
avoid our failures. We pray to our heavenly Father,
"Lead us not into temptation," and then, too often,
we fail to guard our feet against leading us into
temptation. We are to keep away from the
temptation by which we are easily overcome. Our
success is brought out by ourselves through the
grace of Christ. We are to roll out of the way the
stone of stumbling that has caused us and others so
much sadness.
Listening to the words of Christ, we are safe.
Whatever your calling, whatever your hope, listen:
"If any man will come after Me," he says, "Let him
deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow
me." Obeying these words, in entire dependence on
the Saviour, go forth to give to the world an
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