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Times of Volume Nine
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gives me the assurance that he is with his ministering servants in the
home field and in distant lands. I am encouraged and blessed as I
realize that the God of Israel is still guiding his people, and that he
will continue to be with them, even to the end...
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“The Lord desires to see the work of proclaiming the third an-
gel’s message carried forward with increasing efficiency. As he has
worked in all ages to give victories to his people, so in this age he
longs to carry to a triumphant fulfillment his purposes for his church.
He bids his believing saints to advance unitedly, going from strength
to greater strength, from faith to increased assurance and confidence
in the truth and righteousness of his cause
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“We are to stand firm as a rock to the principles of the word of
God, remembering that God is with us to give us strength to meet
each new experience. Let us ever maintain in our lives the principles
of righteousness, that we may go forward from strength to strength
in the name of the Lord. We are to hold as very sacred the faith
that has been substantiated by the instruction and approval of the
Spirit of God from our earliest experience until the present time.
We are to cherish as very precious the work that the Lord has been
carrying forward through His commandment-keeping people, and
which, through the power of His grace, will grow stronger and more
efficient as time advances. The enemy is seeking to becloud the
discernment of God’s people, and to weaken their efficiency, but if
they will labor as the Spirit of God shall direct, He will open doors
of opportunity before them for the work of building up the old waste
places. Their experience will be one of constant growth, until the
Lord shall descend from heaven with power and great glory to set
His seal of final triumph upon His faithful ones
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“The work that lies before us is one that will put to the stretch
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every power of the human being. It will call for the exercise of
strong faith and constant vigilance. At times the difficulties that we
shall meet will be most disheartening. The very greatness of the task
will appall us. And yet, with God’s help, his servants will finally
triumph.”-Reported in the
General Conference Bulletin, May 28,
1913, 164, 165
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In the times of the nine volumes of
Testimonies for the Church
written over a period of fifty-five years the church continually grew
and developed and prospered. The counsel given afforded safe