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Testimonies for the Church Volume 9
This peculiar light I have experienced in the past in times of
special blessing, but this time it was more distinct, more impressive,
and I felt such peace, peace so full and abundant no words can
express it. I raised myself into a sitting posture, and I saw that I was
surrounded by a bright cloud, white as snow, the edges of which
were tinged with a deep pink. The softest, sweetest music was filling
the air, and I recognized the music as the singing of the angels. Then
a Voice spoke to me, saying: “Fear not; I am your Saviour. Holy
angels are all about you.”
“Then this is heaven,” I said, “and now I can be at rest. I shall
have no more messages to bear, no more misrepresentations to
endure. Everything will be easy now, and I shall enjoy peace and
rest. Oh, what inexpressible peace fills my soul! Is this indeed
heaven? Am I one of God’s little children? and shall I always have
this peace?”
The Voice replied: “Your work is not yet done.”
Again I fell asleep, and when I awoke I heard music, and I
wanted to sing. Then someone passed my door, and I wondered if
that person saw the light. After a time the light passed away, but the
peace remained.
After a while I fell asleep again. This time I seemed to be in a
council meeting where our book work was being discussed. There
were a number of our brethren present, leaders in our work, and Elder
Haskell and his wife were there consulting together and with the
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brethren about the circulation of our books, tracts, and periodicals.
Elder Haskell was presenting strong reasons why the books
which contain the knowledge that has been communicated to Sister
White—the books containing the special message to come to the
world at this present time—should be more freely circulated. “Why,”
he inquired, “do not our people appreciate and circulate more widely
the books bearing the divine credentials? Why is not a specialty
made of the books containing the warnings regarding Satan’s work?
Why do we not give greater effort to circulating the books that point
out Satan’s plans to counterwork the work of God, that uncover his
plans and point out his deceptions? The moral evils of his deceptions
are to be removed by opening the eyes of the people so that they
shall discern the situation and the dangers of our times; so that they