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Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers
us to love one another as He has loved us. Will we then cultivate
this love? Shall we be like Jesus?
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Many of the Jews came and listened as Christ revealed the mys-
teries of salvation, but they came not to learn; they came to criticize,
to catch Him in some inconsistency, that they might have something
with which to prejudice the people. They were content with their
knowledge, but the children of God must know the voice of the true
Shepherd. Is not this a time when it would be highly proper to fast
and pray before God? We are in danger of variance, in danger of
taking sides on a controverted point; and should we not seek God
in earnestness, with humiliation of soul, that we may know what is
truth?—
The Review and Herald, February 18, 1890
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Take heed lest by your example you place other souls in peril.
It is a terrible thing to lose our own soul, but to pursue a course
that will cause the loss of other souls is still more terrible. That our
influence should be a savor of death unto death is a terrible thought,
and yet it is possible. With what earnestness, then, we should guard
our thoughts, our words, our habits, our dispositions. God calls for
personal holiness. Only by revealing the character of Christ can
we cooperate with Him in saving souls.—
The Review and Herald,
December 22, 1904
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