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Selected Messages Book 2
Oh, I feel so sorry for you. I will continue to pray that the blessing
of God may rest upon you. He will not leave you comfortless. This
world is of but little account, but, my dear brother and sister, Jesus
says, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you” (
Matthew 7:7
). I plead this promise
in your behalf
My brother, one night I seemed to be leaning over you, and saying:
“Only a little longer, only a few more pangs of pain, a few more
suffering hours, and then rest, blessed rest. In a special manner you
will find peace. All humanity must be tested and tried. All of us must
drink the cup and be baptized with affliction. But Christ has tasted
death for every man in its bitterest form. He knows how to pity, how to
sympathize. Only rest in His arms; He loves you, and He has redeemed
you with His everlasting love. Be thou faithful unto death, and thou
shalt receive a crown of life.
“All who live in our world from henceforth will know the meaning
of trials. I know that God will give you grace, that He will not forsake
you. Call to mind the promise of God: ‘Write, Blessed are the dead
which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that
they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them’
(
Revelation 14:13
). Be of good courage. I would be with you now if I
could, but we shall meet in the morning of the resurrection”....
I was also speaking words of comfort to Sister C. I was encour-
aging her, and the room seemed to be filled with angels of God. Let
both of you be of good courage. The Lord will not leave nor forsake
you.—
Letter 312, 1906
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