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and righteousness of Christ. You accept salvation as the gift of His
grace, believing the promise because He has spoken it. Look to Jesus;
this is my only comfort and hope. The Lord has been leading you
along a path of painful humiliation. You have been emptied from
vessel to vessel. You have been led by Him step by step, deeper and
still deeper into the valley, but only to bring you into close communion
with Jesus in His life of humiliation.
Is there a step, my dear beloved child, that Jesus has not trodden
with you? Is there one pang of distress that He does not feel? Is there
one sin that He has not carried, a cross He has not borne, a sorrow
that he Has not sympathized with? He is touched with all the feeling
of our infirmities. You are knowing what it is to fellowship with the
sufferings of Christ. You are a partaker with Christ of His sufferings.
You brave, self-denying child, God knows it all. He passes to you a
cup into which He pours a drop of His own sufferings. He places the
light end of the cross on your shoulders; He throws a shadow on your
soul....
Trust yourself in the hands of Jesus. Do not worry. Do not think
God has forgotten to be gracious. Jesus lives and will not leave you.
May the Lord be your staff, your support, your front guard, your
rearward.—
Letter 56, 1890
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Battle Creek, Michigan
February 13, 1890
My Dear Child,
The Lord blesses you all and will comfort you and give you strong
consolation and peace in Him. He wants you to rest in His hands
passively, and believe that He will do all things well
Be of good courage. Keep looking up. Jesus is the only hope of
us all. He will not leave or forsake you. Precious are the promises of
God. We will hold them fast. We will not let them go.—
Letter 57,
1890
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St. Helena, California
May 28, 1890
Dear Children,
I think of you and pray for you all. Oh, if Mary were only improv-
ing, how glad it would make my heart. The Lord will let His candle
shine about you. He will bless and strengthen and support you, in this
your time of trial and distress. The Redeemer is pitiful, full of tender