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me, and that He grants me strength and opportunity to impart courage
and help to His people. As long as the Lord spares my life, I will
be faithful and true to Him, seeking to do His will and to glorify His
name. May the Lord increase my faith, that I may follow on to know
Him, and to do His will more perfectly. Good is the Lord, and greatly
to be praised.”
The General Conference Bulletin, 1913
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The Pioneers of the Message
In one of her communications to the brethren assembled in General
Conference in 1913, Mrs. White referred to the increasing value of the
lessons of past experience with which the pioneers in the third angel’s
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message are familiar, and concerning which they can bear positive
testimony.
“I greatly desire,” she wrote, “that the old soldiers of the cross,
those grown gray in the Master’s service, shall continue to bear their
testimony right to the point, in order that those younger in the faith may
understand that the messages which the Lord gave us in the past, are
very important at this stage of the earth’s history. Our past experience
has not lost one jot of its force.
“Let all be careful not to discourage the pioneers, or cause them to
feel that there is little they can do. Their influence may still be mightily
exerted in the work of the Lord. The testimony of the aged ministers
will ever be a help and a blessing to the church. God will watch over
His tried and faithful standard bearers, night and day, until the time
comes for them to lay off the armor. Let them be assured that they
are under the protecting care of Him who never slumbers or sleeps;
that they are watched over by unwearied sentinels. Knowing this, and
realizing that they are abiding in Christ, they may rest trustfully in the
providences of God.”
The General Conference Bulletin, 1913
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Giving the Trumpet a Certain Sound
Throughout her life work, Mrs. White’s faith in the overruling
providences connected with the unfolding truths of the three angels’
messages, remained unshaken. Often she bore testimony to her convic-
tion that from the beginning God had been the teacher and the leader
of His people. And this conviction as regards divine leadership in the