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would, to save that one, have chosen His life of toil and humiliation
and His death of shame.—
The Ministry of Healing, 135
(1905).
Let This Work Go Forward—Many will hear the message, but
will refuse to heed; nevertheless the warning is to be given to all
in clear, plain tones. Not only is the truth to be presented in public
assemblies; house-to-house work is to be done. Let this work go
forward in the name of the Lord. Those who engage in it have the
heavenly angels as their companions. They will resist the attacks made
by the enemy on those who are co-operating with God.—
Letter 140,
1903
.
In the Confidence of God’s Promises—The good seed may for a
time lie unnoticed in a cold, selfish, worldly heart, giving no evidence
that it has taken root; but afterward, as the Spirit of God breathes on
the soul, the hidden seed springs up, and at last bears fruit to the glory
of God. In our lifework we know not which shall prosper, this or that.
This is not a question for us to settle. We are to do our work, and leave
the results with God. “In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening
withhold not thine hand.”
God’s great covenant declares that “while the earth remaineth,
seedtime and harvest ... shall not cease.” In the confidence of this
promise the husbandman tills and sows. Not less confidently are we
in the spiritual sowing to labor, trusting His assurance, “So shall My
word be that goeth forth out of My mouth; it shall not return unto Me
void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in
the thing whereto I sent it.” “He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing
precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his
sheaves with him.”—
Christ’s Object Lessons, 65
(1900).
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