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Christian Experience and Teachings of Ellen G. White
my face, and I felt such anguish as I had never felt before. A fearful
struggle was before us. Should we fail here, all the difficulties of our
journey had been experienced for nought.
Before us, on the other side of the chasm, was a beautiful field of
green grass, about six inches high. I could not see the sun, but bright
soft beams of light, resembling fine gold and silver, were resting upon
this field. Nothing I had seen upon earth could compare in beauty and
glory with this field. But could we succeed in reaching it? was the
anxious inquiry. Should the cord break, we must perish. Again, in
whispered anguish, the words were breathed, “What holds the cord?”
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For a moment we hesitated to venture. Then we exclaimed: “Our
only hope is to trust wholly to the cord. It has been our dependence
all the difficult way. It will not fail us now.” Still we were hesitating
and distressed. The words were then spoken: “God holds the cord. We
need not fear.” These words were then repeated by those behind us,
accompanied with: “He will not fail us now. He has brought us thus
far in safety.”
My husband then swung himself over the fearful abyss into the
beautiful field beyond. I immediately followed. And oh, what a
sense of relief and gratitude to God we felt! I heard voices raised in
triumphant praise to God. I was happy, perfectly happy.
I awoke, and found that from the anxiety I had experienced in
passing over the difficult route, every nerve in my body seemed to
be in a tremor. This dream needs no comment. It made such an
impression upon my mind that probably every item in it will be vivid
before me while my memory shall continue.
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