Testimony Treasures, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

urdened. There are thousands of rich men who are starving for spiritual
food. Many in official life feel their need of something which they have not.
Few among them go to church, for they feel that they receive no benefit. The
teaching they hear does not touch the soul. Shall we make no personal effort
in their behalf?
Some will ask: Can we not reach them with publications? There are
many who cannot be reached in this way. It is personal effort that they need.
Are they to perish without a special warning? It was not so in ancient times.
God's servants were sent to tell those in high places that they could find
peace and rest only in the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Majesty of heaven came to our world to save lost, fallen humanity.
His efforts included not merely the outcasts but those in places of high
honor. Ingeniously He worked to obtain access to souls in the higher classes
who knew not God and did not keep His commandments.
The same work was continued after Christ's ascension. My heart is made
very tender as I read of the interest manifested by the Lord in Cornelius.
Cornelius was a man in high position, an officer in the Roman army, but he
was walking in strict accordance with all the light he had received. The Lord
sent a special message from heaven to him, and by another message directed
Peter to visit him and give him light. It ought to be a great encouragement to
us in our work to think of the compassion and tender love of God for those
who are seeking and praying for light.
There are many who are represented to me as being like Cornelius, men
whom God desires to connect with His church. Their sympathies are with the
Lord's commandmentkeeping people. But the threads that bind them to the
world hold them firmly. They have not the moral courage to take their
position with the lowly ones. We are to make special efforts for these souls,
who are in need of special labor because of their responsibilities and
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