A Degenerate Race
The present enfeebled condition of the human family was presented
before me. Every generation has been growing weaker, and disease of
every form afflicts the race. Thousands of poor mortals with deformed,
sickly bodies, shattered nerves, and gloomy minds are dragging out a
miserable existence. Satan’s power upon the human family increases.
If the Lord should not soon come and destroy his power, the earth
would erelong be depopulated.
I was shown that Satan’s power is especially exercised upon the
people of God. Many were presented before me in a doubting despair-
ing condition. The infirmities of the body affect the mind. A cunning
and powerful enemy attends our steps, and employs his strength and
skill in trying to turn us out of the right way. And it is too often the case
that the people of God are not on their watch, therefore are ignorant
of his devices. He works by means which will best conceal himself
from view, and he often gains his object.—
Testimonies for the Church
1:304
(1862).
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