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Testimonies for the Church, Volume 9 - Ellen G. White

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apid advancement. Many souls will be won to <strong>the</strong><br />

cause of truth, and <strong>the</strong> day of Christ's coming will<br />

be hastened. Men and women are to be brought<br />

under <strong>the</strong> influence of true, earnest, wholehearted<br />

workers, who labor <strong>for</strong> souls as <strong>the</strong>y that must give<br />

an account. All who are baptized into a measure of<br />

<strong>the</strong> apostolic spirit will be constrained to become<br />

God's missionaries. If <strong>the</strong>y will be true, firm in <strong>the</strong><br />

faith, if <strong>the</strong>y will not sell <strong>the</strong>ir Lord <strong>for</strong> gain, but<br />

will ever acknowledge <strong>the</strong> divine supremacy and<br />

superintendence, God will prepare <strong>the</strong> way be<strong>for</strong>e<br />

<strong>the</strong>m and will greatly bless <strong>the</strong>m. He will help<br />

<strong>the</strong>m to represent His goodness, love, and mercy.<br />

And <strong>the</strong> glory of <strong>the</strong> Lord will be <strong>the</strong>ir rearward.<br />

There will be joy in <strong>the</strong> heavenly courts, and joy,<br />

pure, heavenly joy, will fill <strong>the</strong> hearts of <strong>the</strong><br />

workers. To save perishing souls <strong>the</strong>y will be<br />

willing to spend and be spent, and <strong>the</strong>ir hearts will<br />

be filled with love and thanksgiving. The<br />

consciousness of God's presence will purify and<br />

ennoble <strong>the</strong>ir experience, enriching and<br />

streng<strong>the</strong>ning <strong>the</strong>m. The grace of heaven will be<br />

revealed in <strong>the</strong>ir work, in <strong>the</strong> conquests achieved in<br />

winning souls to Christ.<br />

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