16 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists
opinions of your brethren are just as precious to them as yours are to
you. Christ in you will unite you to Christ in them, and there will be a
sweet spirit of union.
Jesus is ready to do great things for us when we lay ourselves
upon the altar, a living, consuming sacrifice. “I will make a man more
precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.”
How? Through the spirit of Christ. It is through the infinite sacrifice
of Christ that this high estimate has been placed upon man. When we
have his spirit in our hearts, we shall be of one mind in him. We shall
not then seek to cover up the defects in our characters; but we shall
strive earnestly to overcome them. Our eyes will be fixed upon Jesus,
and we shall learn from him to dwell in love and harmony with one
another here, and shall finally be permitted to dwell with Christ and
angels and all the redeemed throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity.
Friday morning, September 18.