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seemed for a short period to palsy my vital energies. For three nights I
scarcely slept at all. My thoughts were troubled and perplexed.
I concealed my feelings as well as I could from my husband and
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the sympathizing family with whom we were. None knew my labor
or burden of mind as I united with the family in morning and evening
devotion and sought to lay my burden upon the great Burden Bearer.
But my petitions came from a heart wrung with anguish, and my
prayers were broken and disconnected because of uncontrollable grief.
The blood rushed to my brain, frequently causing me to reel and nearly
fall. I had the nosebleed often, especially after making an effort to
write. I was compelled to lay aside my writing, but could not throw
off the burden of anxiety and responsibility upon me.—
Testimonies
for the Church 1:576, 577
(1867).
What to Do With Sorrow—Are you filled with sorrow today?
Fasten your eyes on the Sun of righteousness. Do not try to adjust
all the difficulties, but turn your face to the light, to the throne of
God. What will you see there? The rainbow of the covenant, the
living promise of God. Beneath it is the mercy seat, and whosoever
avails himself of the provisions of mercy that have been made and
appropriates the merits of the life and death of Christ has in the rainbow
of the covenant a blessed assurance of acceptance with the Father as
long as the throne of God endures.
Faith is what you need. Do not let faith waver. Fight the good
fight of faith and lay hold on eternal life. It will be a severe fight, but
fight it at any cost, for the promises of God are yea and amen in Christ
Jesus. Put your hand in the hand of Christ. There are difficulties to
be overcome, but angels that excel in strength will cooperate with the
people of God. Face Zion, press your way to the city of solemnities.
A glorious crown and a robe woven in the loom of heaven await
the overcomer. Though Satan would cast his hellish shadow athwart
your pathway and seek to hide from your view the mystic ladder that
stretches from earth to the throne of God, on which ascend and descend
the angels who are ministering spirits to those who shall be heirs of
salvation, yet press your way upward, plant your feet on one round
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after another, and advance to the throne of the Infinite.—Und MS 23.
Sympathizers Not Always Friends—If those around you are of
that class who do not seek to turn your conversation and the current of
your thoughts, if they sympathize with all your impressions as if they