Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers - Ellen G. White

on the words, 'God hath chosen the foolish things
of the world to confound the wise; and God hath
chosen the weak things of the world to confound
the things which are mighty; and base things of the
world, and things which are despised, hath God
chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to
naught things that are.' 'Our faith in eternal realities
is weak,' he cried, 'and our sense of duty faint,
while we neglect the salvation of our fellow beings.
Let us awake to our duties, and while we have
tongue or pen, devote them to the service of the
Most High, not in our own strength, but with strong
faith and firm confidence.'"
We have increased light. We have a solemn,
weighty message to bear to the world, and God
designs that His chosen disciples shall have a deep
experience, and be endowed with the power of the
Holy Spirit. "The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for
man looketh on the outward appearance, but the
Lord looketh on the heart." This was a lesson that
David never forgot, and in his dying testimony to
Solomon he said, "And thou, Solomon my son,
know thou the God of thy father, and serve Him
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