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there, and, if we are both true and faithful to the end, I believe that we
shall meet your husband. We may have to pass through trying scenes,
but we are safe as we hide our lives in Christ in God. Many will give
heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, and the only hope for
every soul is to look constantly unto Jesus, the Author and the Finisher
of our faith.
We must now do our part, as servants of Jesus Christ, in bringing
to the world a knowledge of the truth. A short work is to be done in
the world, and we must watch and work diligently. We must be instant
in season and out of season. To the church of Christ belong our talents,
both original and acquired. We are servants of the Lord Jesus Christ.
We are made sad as we see men and women lording it over those
who should be the Lord’s free agencies. Christ is the supreme ruler
of His church. Let no man come between our soul and Him. Let us
labor entirely for the Lord, allowing nothing to interpose between the
soul and its highest interest—overcoming by the blood of the Lamb
and the word of our testimony....
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Be of good courage in the Lord, my sister. Keep looking unto the
Author and Finisher of our faith.—
Letter 362, 1906
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Widowhood
Sister Lons was a recent acquaintance of Ellen White. Learning of
Mr. Lons’ death, Mrs. White wrote her new friend a letter of love and
sympathy
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Dear Sister Lons,
I am happy to have made your acquaintance, and have my heart
linked with your heart, and also with the widow, Sister Brown. We
have all three of us been left in widowhood, and we have been much
blessed of God, in that He hath not failed us in our times of trial. He
has been to us a present help in every time of need. There has been
in our individual experience the proving of God—resignation under
affliction, patience when tried most severely, and humble childlike
reliance upon God.
We have learned in the midst of dark providences that it was not
wise to have a will or way of our own, and to cast not reflection and
surmises on the divine faithfulness. I feel that we are those who can
understand and sympathize with each other. We are bound together