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take all these things to the Lord in prayer, as Nehemiah made his
supplication to God, while his own spirit was humbled. He clung
to God with unwavering faith. This is the course that we should
pursue. Time is too precious to be devoted by the servants of God to
vindicating their character, blackened by those who hate the Sabbath
of the Lord. We should move forward with unwavering confidence,
believing that God will give His truth great and precious victories. In
humility, meekness, and purity of life, relying upon Jesus, we should
carry a convincing power with us that we have the truth.
We do not understand, as is our privilege, the faith and confidence
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that we may have in God, and the great blessings which faith will give
us. An important work is before us. We are to obtain a moral fitness
for heaven. Our words and our example are to tell upon the world.
Angels of God are actively engaged in ministering to the children of
God. Precious promises are upon record on condition of our obedience
to God’s requirements. Heaven is full of the richest of blessings, all
waiting to be communicated to us. If we feel our need, and come to
God in sincerity and in earnest faith, we shall be brought into close
connection with heaven and shall be channels of light to the world.
The warning needs to be often sounded: “Be sober, be vigilant;
because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about,
seeking whom he may devour.”