Chapter 52—The Church Triumphant
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In 1893 in meeting the charge that the church had become Babylon,
Ellen G. White wrote: “the church, enfeebled and defective, needing
to be reproved, warned, and counseled, is the only object upon earth
upon which Christ bestows His supreme regard.”—
Testimonies to
Ministers and Gospel Workers, 49
. The repeating of this thought on a
number of occasions in subsequent years is encouraging and
significant.—Compilers.]
An Oft-repeated Assurance
The Father loves His people today as He loves His own Son.
Someday it will be our privilege to see Him face to face.—
Manuscript
103, 1903
(Written September 15, 1902.).
We should remember that the church, enfeebled and defective
though it be, is the only object on earth on which Christ bestows His
supreme regard. He is constantly watching it with solicitude, and is
strengthening it by His Holy Spirit.—
Manuscript 155, 1902
(November
22, 1902.).
Trust to God’s guardianship. His church is to be taught. Enfeebled
and defective though it is, it is the object of His supreme regard.—
Letter 279, 1904
(Aug. 1, 1904.).
Ever on Gaining Ground
The church is to increase in activity and to enlarge her bounds. Our
missionary efforts are to be expansive; we must enlarge our borders....
While there have been fierce contentions in the effort to maintain our
distinctive character, yet we have as Bible Christians ever been on
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gaining ground.—
Letter 170, 1907
(May 6, 1907.).
The evidence we have had for the past fifty years of the presence
of the Spirit of God with us as a people, will stand the test of those
who are now arraying themselves on the side of the enemy and bracing
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