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Testimonies for the Church Volume 2
to do evil, and learn to do well. That which you sow, you shall also
reap. If you sow to the flesh you shall of the flesh reap corruption.
If you sow to the Spirit you shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
You must overcome your sensitiveness and faultfinding. You
are jealous that others do not give you all the attention you think
you should have. The experience founded in feeling, and savoring
of fanaticism, you must not adhere to. It is unsafe. Move from
principle, from thorough understanding. Search the Scriptures, and
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be able to give to every man that asketh you the reasons of the hope
which is in you, with meekness and fear. Let self-exaltation die.
“Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-
minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be
turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.” When harassed with
temptations and evil thoughts, there is but One to whom you can
flee for relief and succor. Flee to Him in your weakness. When near
Him, Satan’s arrows are broken and cannot harm you. Your trials
and temptations borne in God will purify and humble, but will not
destroy or endanger you.
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