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My soul was agonized as I saw the indifference of our people who
make so high a profession. I was shown that the blood of souls will be
on the garments of very many who now feel at ease and irresponsible
for souls that are perishing around them for want of light and knowl-
edge. They have come in contact with them, but have never warned
them, never prayed with or for them, and never made earnest efforts to
present the truth to them. I was shown that there has been a wonderful
negligence on this point. Ministers are not doing one half what they
might do to educate the people for whom they labor upon all points
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of truth and duty, and, as a consequence, the people are spiritless and
inactive. The stake and scaffold are not appointed for this time to test
the people of God, and for this very reason the love of many has waxed
cold. When trials arise, grace is proportioned for the emergency. We
must individually consecrate ourselves on the very spot where God
has said He would meet us.
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