20 Supplement to the Christian Experience and Views of Ellen G. White
How much easier it would be for the servant of God to affect the
heart, and how much more would God be glorified, if his servants were
free from discouragement and trial, that they might labor for him more
effectually, and with a free spirit, present the truth in its beauty.
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Those who have been guilty of requiring so much labor of God’s
servants, and burdening them with trials, which belonged to themselves
to settle, will have to give an account to God for all the time and means
that has been spent to gratify themselves, thereby satisfying the enemy.
They should be in a situation to help their brethren. They should never
defer their trials and difficulties to burden a whole meeting, or wait
until some of the messengers come to settle them. But get right before
God, have the trials all out of the way, and be prepared to hold up the
hands of the laborers, instead of weakening them. E. G. W.
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The following is from the
The Review and Herald, June 10, 1852 par.
1
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As I have of late looked around to find the humble followers of the
meek and lowly Jesus, my mind has been much exercised.
Many who profess to be looking for the speedy coming of Christ,
are becoming conformed to this world, and seek more earnestly the
applause of those around them, than the approbation of God. They are
cold and formal, like the nominal church, that they but a short time
since separated from. The words addressed to the Laodicean Church,
describe their present condition perfectly. See
Revelation 3:14-20
.
They are “neither cold nor hot,” but “lukewarm.” And unless they
heed the counsel of the “faithful and True Witness,” and zealously
repent, and obtain “gold tried in the fire,” “white raiment,” and “eye-
salve,” he will spue them out of his mouth.
The time has come when a large portion of those who once rejoiced,
and shouted aloud for joy, in view of the immediate coming of the
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Lord, are on the ground of the churches and world who once scoffed at,
and derided them for believing that Jesus was coming, and circulated
all manner of falsehoods to raise prejudice against them, and destroy
their influence. If any one longs after the living God, and hungers and
thirsts for righteousness, and God gives them to feel his power, and
satisfies their longing soul, by shedding abroad his love in their hearts,