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promised to save all who come unto Him.—
The Review and Herald,
June 25, 1895
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Relation of Activity to Spirituality—Those who are most ac-
tively employed in doing with interested fidelity their work to win
souls to Jesus Christ, are the best developed in spirituality and devo-
tion. Their very active working formed the means of their spirituality.
There is danger of religion losing in depth that which it gains in breadth.
This need not be, if, in the place of long sermons, there is wise edu-
cation given to those newly come to the faith. Teach them by giving
them something to do, in some line of spiritual work, that their first
love will not die but increase in fervor. Let them feel that they are
not to be carried and to lean for support on the church; but they are
to have root in themselves. They can be in many lines, according to
their several abilities, useful in helping the church to come nearer to
God, and working in various ways to act upon the elements outside the
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church which will be a means of acting beneficially upon the church.
The wisdom and prosperity of the church casts a telling influence upon
her favor. The psalmist prayed for the prosperity of the church, “God
be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause His face to shine upon
us.... That Thy way may be known upon the earth, Thy saving health
among all nations.”—
Letter 44, 1892
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Christian Growth Will Be Evident—Nothing saps spirituality
from the soul more quickly than to enclose it in selfishness and self-
caring. Those who indulge self and neglect to care for the souls and
bodies of those for whom Christ has given His life, are not eating of
the bread of life, nor drinking of the water of the well of salvation.
They are dry and sapless, like a tree that bears no fruit. They are
spiritual dwarfs, who consume their means on self; but “whatsoever a
man soweth, that shall he also reap.”
Christian principles will always be made visible. In a thousand
ways the inward principles will be made manifest. Christ abiding in
the soul is as a well that never runs dry.—
The Review and Herald,
January 15, 1895
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To Keep the Church Alive by Service—Let him seek to keep
the church alive by teaching its members how to labor with him for
the conversion of sinners. This is good generalship; and the result
will be found far better than if he should seek to perform the work
alone.—
The Review and Herald, April 23, 1908
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