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“to humble you and to prove you, to know what [is] in your heart.”
You have neglected the Scriptures. You despise and reject the testi-
monies because they reprove your darling sins and disturb your self-
complacency.
When Christ is cherished in the heart, His likeness will be revealed
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in the life. Humility will reign where pride was once predominant.
Submission, meekness, patience, will soften down the rugged features
of a naturally perverse, impetuous disposition. Love to Jesus will be
manifested in love to His people. It is not fitful, not spasmodic, but
calm and deep and strong.
The life of the Christian will be divested of all pretense, free from
all affectation, artifice, and falsehood. It is earnest, true, sublime.
Christ speaks in every word. He is seen in every deed. The life is
radiant with the light of an indwelling Saviour. In converse with God
and in happy contemplation of heavenly things the soul is preparing
for heaven and laboring to gather other souls into the fold of Christ.
Our Saviour is able and willing to do for us more than we can ask or
even think.—
Testimonies for the Church 5:49, 50
(1882).
God Can Mold the Disposition—Whatever your disposition may
be, God is able to so mold that disposition that it will be sweet and
Christlike. By living faith you can separate from everything not in
accordance with the mind of God, and thus bring a heaven into your
life here below. Will you do this? If you do, you will have sunshine at
every step.—MS 91, 1901.
A Blessing to the Sick—The pleasant disposition, the beautiful
character, the Lord will use to bring blessing to the sick. The truths
of the Word of God possess a sanctifying, transforming power. If
received into the heart and carried into the life, they will prove a savor
of life unto life. Let those employed in our institutions be such as will
let the light of truth shine forth in their daily words and actions. It is
only such that Christ can accept as workers together with Him.—MS
69, 1909. (.)
Harmony of Varied Dispositions—Harmony and union existing
among men of varied dispositions is the strongest witness that can be
borne that God has sent His Son into the world to save sinners. It is our
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privilege to bear this witness. But in order to do this, we must place
ourselves under Christ’s command. Our characters must be molded
in harmony with His character, our wills must be surrendered to His