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Signs of the Times, Book 1 - Ellen G. White

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you would hear strange things. They are bent upon his ruin; and if any one<br />

evinces <strong>the</strong> least interest in his safety, he is instantly cried down as a heretic.<br />

May God, who forsaketh not <strong>the</strong> cause <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> righteous, bring <strong>the</strong> struggle to<br />

a happy issue."<br />

Frederic maintained a studied reserve toward <strong>the</strong> Reformer, carefully<br />

concealing his real feelings, while at <strong>the</strong> same time he guarded him with<br />

tireless vigilance, watching all his movements and all those <strong>of</strong> his enemies.<br />

But <strong>the</strong>re were many who made no attempt to conceal <strong>the</strong>ir sympathy.<br />

Princes, barons, knights, gentlemen, ecclesiastics, and common people<br />

surrounded Lu<strong>the</strong>r's lodgings, entering and gazing upon him as though he<br />

were something more than human. Even those who believed him to be in<br />

error could not but admire that nobility <strong>of</strong> soul which led him to peril his life<br />

ra<strong>the</strong>r than violate his conscience.<br />

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