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The Great Controversy
Faithfully did he accomplish the work given him of God, and glorious
were the results which he was permitted to behold. At the close of his
long life of more than fourscore years—above half a century spent in
itinerant ministry—his avowed adherents numbered more than half a
million souls. But the multitude that through his labors had been lifted
from the ruin and degradation of sin to a higher and a purer life, and
the number who by his teaching had attained to a deeper and richer
experience, will never be known till the whole family of the redeemed
shall be gathered into the kingdom of God. His life presents a lesson of
priceless worth to every Christian. Would that the faith and humility,
the untiring zeal, self-sacrifice, and devotion of this servant of Christ
might be reflected in the churches of today!
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