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reason that they spoke falsely of Christ—because they hated the purity
and holiness of his character; for it was a constant rebuke to them.
I wish I could impress upon every worker in God’s cause, the great
need of continual, earnest prayer. They cannot be constantly upon their
knees, but they can be uplifting their hearts to God. This is the way
that Enoch walked with God.—
The Review and Herald, November
10, 1885
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Fence the Soul—There will be women who will become tempters,
and who will do their best to attract and win the attention of men to
themselves. First, they will seek to win their sympathy, next their
affection, and then to induce them to break God’s holy law. Those who
have dishonored their minds and affections by placing them where
God’s Word forbids, will not scruple to dishonor God by various
species of idolatry. God will leave them to their vile affections. It
is necessary to guard the thoughts; to fence the soul about with the
injunctions of God’s Word; and to be very careful in every thought,
word, and action not to be betrayed into sin.—
The Review and Herald,
May 17, 1887
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Guarding the Safeguards—Our great adversary has agents that
are constantly hunting for an opportunity to destroy souls, as a lion
hunts his prey.... One safeguard removed from conscience, the indul-
gence of one evil habit, a single neglect of the high claims of duty,
may be the beginning of a course of deception that will pass you
into the ranks of those who are serving Satan, while you are all the
time professing to love God and His cause. A moment of thought-
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lessness, a single misstep, may turn the whole current of your lives
in the wrong direction. And you may never know what caused your
ruin until the sentence is pronounced, “Depart from Me, ye that work
iniquity.”—
Testimonies For The Church 5:397, 398
(1885).
Converted by Unconverted Ministers—A man may hear and
acknowledge the whole truth, and yet know nothing of personal piety
and true experimental religion. He may explain the way of salvation to
others, and yet himself be a castaway. The truth is holy and powerful,
and searches the intents and purposes of the heart. The importance
and authority of the truth in the great plan of salvation originated in
the divine Author, and are not rendered void or worthless because the
instruments employed in their administration are unholy or unfaithful.