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“Fear Thou Not ... I Am With Thee”, October 15
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy
God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold
thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Isaiah 41:10
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It was not long after the passing of the time in 1844 that my first
vision was given me. I was visiting a dear sister in Christ, whose heart
was knit with mine; five of us, all women, were kneeling quietly at the
family altar. While we were praying, the power of God came upon me
as I had never felt it before. I seemed to be surrounded with light, and
to be rising higher and higher from the earth. I turned to look for the
Advent people in the world, but could not find them, when a voice said
to me: “Look again, and look a little higher.” At this I raised my eyes
and saw a straight and narrow path, cast up high above the world. On
this path the Advent people were traveling toward the city....
I related this vision to the believers ... , who had full confidence that
it was from God. The Spirit of the Lord attended the testimony, and the
solemnity of eternity rested upon us. An unspeakable awe filled me, that
I, so young and feeble, should be chosen as the instrument by which
God would give light to His people....
In a second vision, which soon followed the first, I was shown the
trials through which I must pass, and that it was my duty to go and relate
to others what God had revealed to me....
I prayed earnestly for several days, and far into the night, that this
burden might be removed from me and laid upon someone more capable
of bearing it. But the light of duty did not change.
My Saviour declared me to be His messenger. “Your work,” He
instructed me, “is to bear My word.... My Spirit and My power shall be
with you.... It is the Lord that giveth the messages.”
I do not write ... expressing merely my own ideas. They are what
God has opened before me in vision—the precious rays of light shining
from the throne.
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