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Characteristics of a Surrendered Life
1214. The whole person is privileged to bear a decided testimony in
every line, in feature, in temper, in words, in character, that the service
of God is good.—
Unpublished Testimonies, November 6, 1897
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1215. As you surrender to the truth, you will reproduce the truth, a
living epistle, known and read of all men.—
Unpublished Testimonies,
October 27, 1897
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1216. As God works in the heart, and man surrenders his will to
God, and co-operates with God, he works out in the life what God
works in by the Holy Spirit, and there is harmony between the purpose
of the heart and the practise of the life.—
The Signs of the Times,
March 20, 1893
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1217. When Christ comes into the soul, he brings the calmness of
heaven.—
Unpublished Testimonies, October 27, 1897
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1218. The Holy Spirit is his representative, and it works to ef-
fect transformations so wonderful that angels look upon them with
astonishment and joy.
The Signs of the Times, May 20, 1896
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1219. When self is merged in Christ, there will be such a display of
his power as will melt and subdue hearts.—
Unpublished Testimonies,
April 27, 1898
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1220. It is the Spirit of God that quickens the lifeless faculties
of the soul to appreciate heavenly things, and attracts the affections
toward God and the truth. Without the presence of Jesus in the heart,
religious service is only dead, cold formalism. The longing desire for
communion with God soon ceases when the Spirit of God is grieved
from us; but when Christ is within us the hope of glory, we are con-
stantly directed to think and act in reference to the glory of God. The
question will arise, “Will this do honor to Jesus? Will this be approved
by him?”—
The Review and Herald, April 17, 1888
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1221. The Bible is full of knowledge, and all who come to its
study with a heart to understand will find the mind enlarged and the
faculties strengthened to comprehend these precious, far-reaching
truths. The Holy Spirit will impress them upon the mind and soul.—
Special Testimonies On Education, 153
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1222. As the works of God are studied, the Holy Spirit flashes
conviction into the mind. It is not the conviction which logical reason-
ing produces; but unless the mind has become too dark to know God,