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of God. Misdirected ambition will lead you into sorrow as surely as
you yield to it. I am trying to catch the very words and expressions
that were made in reference to this matter, and as my pen hesitates
a moment, the appropriate words come to my mind. I want you to
understand me.
Cherish an ambition that will bring glory to God because it is
sanctified by the Holy Spirit. Let the holy oil, which comes from
the two olive branches, burn with a holy radiance upon the altar of
your soul. The work of these olive branches represents the richest
impartation of the Holy Spirit.—
Letter 123, 1904
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