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singular gloom and then remaining under the cloud. The light does
shine, although we may not realize its blessing; but if we make all
diligence to press to the light, and if we move ahead just as though the
light did shine, we shall soon pass out of the darkness and find light
all around us.
At our last camp meeting the angels of God in a special manner
came with their power to lighten, to heal, and to bless both my husband
and Brother Waggoner. A precious victory was there gained which
should never lose its influence. I have been shown that God had in a
most marked manner given my husband tokens of His love and care,
and also of His sustaining grace. He has regarded his zeal and devotion
to His cause and work. This should ever lead to humility and gratitude
on the part of my husband.
God wants minutemen. He will have men who, when important
decisions are to be made, are as true as the needle to the pole; men
whose special and personal interests are swallowed up, as were our
Saviour’s, in the one great general interest for the salvation of souls.
Satan plays upon the human mind wherever a chance has been left for
him to do so; and he seizes upon the very time and place where he can
do the most service to himself and the greatest injury to the cause of
God. A neglect to do what we might do, and what God requires us
to do in His cause, is a sin which cannot be palliated with excuses of
circumstances or conditions, for Jesus has made provision for all in
every emergency.
My brother, in doing the work of God you will be placed in a variety
of circumstances which will require self-possession and self-control,
but which will qualify you to adapt yourself to circumstances and the
peculiarities of the situation. Then you can act yourself unembarrassed.
You should not place too low an estimate upon your ability to act your
part in the various callings of practical life. Where you are aware of
deficiencies, go to work at once to remedy those defects. Do not trust
to others to supply your deficiencies, while you go on indifferently, as
though it were a matter of course that your peculiar organization must
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ever remain so. Apply yourself earnestly to cure these defects, that
you may be perfect in Christ Jesus, wanting in nothing.
If you form too high an opinion of yourself, you will think that
your labors are of more real consequence than they are, and you will
plead individual independence which borders on arrogance. If you