Testimonies for the Church, Volume 8 - Ellen G. White

many more believed because of His own word; and
said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because
of thy saying: for we have heard Him ourselves,
and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour
of the world." (Verses 40-42)
Christ, in opening to the minds of the
Samaritans the word of life, sowed many seeds of
truth and showed the people how they, too, could
sow seeds of truth in the minds of others. How
much good might be accomplished if all who know
the truth would labor for sinners, for those who
need so much to know and understand Bible truth
and who would respond to it as readily as the
Samaritans responded to the words of Christ! How
little do we enter into sympathy with God on the
point that should be the strongest bond of union
between us and Him-compassion for depraved,
guilty, suffering souls, dead in trespasses and sins!
If men shared the sympathies of Christ, they would
have constant sorrow of heart over the condition of
many needy fields, so destitute of workers.
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