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than death itself. Those who purchase success at the fearful cost of
submission to the will and plans of Satan, will find that they have made
a hard bargain. Everything in Satan’s trade is secured at a high price.
The advantages he presents are a mirage. The high hopes he holds out
are secured at the loss of things that are good and holy and pure. Let
Satan be always confounded by the word, “It is written.” “Blessed is
everyone that feareth the Lord: that walketh in His ways. For thou
shalt eat the labor of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be
well with thee.” ...
The path cast up for the ransomed of the Lord is far above all
worldly schemes and practices. Those who walk in it are to show by
their works the purity of their principles.—
The Signs of the Times,
February 24, 1909
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A Dwarfed Religious Experience
The wealthy are tempted to employ their means in self-indulgence,
in the gratification of appetite, in personal adornment, or in the embel-
lishment of their homes. For these objects professed Christians do not
hesitate to spend freely, and even extravagantly. But when solicited to
give to the Lord’s treasury, to build up His cause, and to carry forward
His work in the earth, many demur. The countenance that was all
aglow with interest in plans for self-gratification, does not light up
with joy when the cause of God appeals to their liberality. Perhaps,
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feeling that they cannot well do otherwise, they dole out a limited sum,
far smaller than they freely spend for needless indulgence. But they
manifest no real love for Christ, no earnest interest in the salvation
of precious souls. What marvel that the Christian life of this class
is at best but a dwarfed and sickly existence! Unless such persons
change their course, their light will go out in darkness.—
The Review
and Herald, May 16, 1882
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