Conscience
261
Clear Conscience Brings Perfect Peace—Inward peace and a
conscience void of offense toward God will quicken and invigorate
the intellect like dew distilled upon the tender plants. The will is
then rightly directed and controlled, and is more decided, and yet
free from perverseness. The meditations are pleasing because they
are sanctified. The serenity of mind which you may possess will
bless all with whom you associate. This peace and calmness will,
in time, become natural and will reflect its precious rays upon all
around you, to be again reflected upon you. The more you taste this
heavenly peace and quietude of mind, the more it will increase. It
is an animated, living pleasure which does not throw all the moral
energies into a stupor but awakens them to increased activity. Perfect
peace is an attribute of heaven which angels possess. May God help
you to become a possessor of this peace.—
Testimonies for the Church
2:327
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