Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

"Lord, save us, we perish! And he saith unto them,
Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he
arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there
was a great calm. But the men marveled, saying,
What manner of man is this, that even the winds
and the sea obey him?"
There seasons of trouble when no human being
on the earth can help us. To such a time the
disciples had come, when they remembered that
Jesus was on board their vessel.
Could our eyes be opened, we should behold
Satan watching for an opportunity to stir up the
human passions, to prompt men and women to
speak words that cause the tempted one to lose
vantage ground with God and to stand on the
enemy's ground, where he will be overcome by
Satan's wiles. Thus the confidence of the brethren
in one another is hurt and destroyed. Let every one
look unto Jesus, and keep the tongue from uttering
any words but those that Jesus uttered when he was
tempted in all points like as we are. He always met
the tempter with the words, "It is written." This we
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