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Life Sketches of Ellen G. White
Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told
you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place
for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where
I am, there ye may be also.’
John 14:1-3
. It is these mansions that I
am looking to; it is not the earthly mansions here, for erelong they
are to be shaken down by the mighty earthquake; but those heavenly
mansions that Christ has gone to prepare for the faithful.
“We have no home here; we are only pilgrims and strangers, pass-
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ing to a better country, even a heavenly. Place your mind upon these
things, and while you are doing this, Christ will be right by your side.
May God help us to win the precious boon of eternal life.”
Some of the workers responded with testimonies showing faith and
determination. Some felt that she did not understand the difficulties
of the field. Others were searching for some ground on which to base
their hopes of future success.
Dispelling the Darkness
During the early days of the Council, one of the speakers, after re-
ferring to some of the barriers to the progress of the message, appealed
to Mrs. White to state her views as to what more could be done, and
if there might be expected changes in the conditions under which the
laborers were struggling.
In answer to this question, Mrs. White said that there would come
changes that would open doors that were closed and barred, changes
in many things that would alter conditions and arouse the minds of the
people to understand and appreciate present truth. Political upheavals
would come, and changes in the industrial world, and great religious
awakenings, that would prepare minds to listen to the third angel’s
message. “Yes, there will be changes,” she assured them, “but nothing
for you to wait for. Your work is to go forward, presenting the truth in
its simplicity, holding up the light of truth before the people.”
Then she told them how the matter had been presented to her in
vision. Sometimes the multitudes in our world, to whom is sent the
warning message from the word of God that Christ is soon coming,
were presented to her as enveloped in mists and clouds and dense dark-
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ness, even as described by Isaiah, who wrote, “Behold, the darkness
shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people.”
Isaiah 60:2
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