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Testimonies for the Church Volume 2
the scale. You are not forming a character for heaven and everlasting
life.
You are pleasing yourself, passing away time in frivolity which
should be spent with your family, teaching your children the ways
and works of God. The hours that you spend in company that does
you only harm should be devoted to prayer and the study of God’s
word. You should feel that a responsibility rests upon you, as head of
your family, to bring up your children in the nurture and admonition
of the Lord. What account will you render to God for misspent time?
What influence are you having over those who have not the fear of
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God before them? “Let your light so shine before men, that they may
see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”
May God anoint your eyes that you may see your peril. I feel deeply
for you. My heart yearns over you. I long to see you coming up to
the high standard that it is your privilege to attain. You can do good.
Your influence, if exerted on the right side, will tell. Brother B, your
footsteps are in the downward path. “Turn ye, turn ye,” “for why
will ye die?”
If you much longer pursue the course you are now following, you
will become infidel in regard to the truth and in regard to the word
of God. Watch and pray always. Dedicate yourself unreservedly to
the Lord, and it will not then be difficult to serve Him. You have
a divided heart. This is the reason that darkness, instead of light,
encircles you. The last message of mercy is now going forth. It is a
token of the long-suffering and compassion of God. Come, is the
invitation now given. Come, for all things are now ready. This is
mercy’s last call. Next will come the vengeance of an offended God.
Brother B, encourage simplicity, love, forbearance, and sweet
union with your brethren. But do not, oh, do not sell everlasting
life so cheaply. If you go from the truth you will never know real
happiness; you will be miserable indeed. Heaven is worth making
any and every sacrifice for. Break the bands of Satan. Jesus now
invites you; will you listen to His voice? You must take a higher
stand than you have hitherto done. Make it your first business to
gain the kingdom of heaven and the righteousness of Christ. Live
for God and heaven, and the eternal reward will be yours at the end
of the race.