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Testimonies to Southern Africa
We feel, dear Brother and Sister_____, the tenderest sympathy for
you both, and for your little ones, as you enter this new field. We feel
deeply for you in your separation from friends and acquaintances, your
brethren and sisters whom you love. But we know this message is
a worldwide message, and we are and must continue to be labourers
together with God. I know the Lord loves you and wants to bring you
into more close relationship with Himself. Only seek for the mould
of God to be upon you, and you will constantly improve in every way
until your labours will bear the full approval of Heaven. But never for
a moment entertain the idea that you have no improvements to make;
for you have many .... You are not one who is constantly learning,
improving, studying how to adjust yourself to circumstances. You
have not adapted yourself to the situation of things, but have been
inclined to take an independent course, to follow your own plans, in
the place of blending with the workers....
God will be with you if you will be with Him. Take care that you
do not leave a wrong impression upon minds in reference to yourself....
We need the cloudy pillar to lead us constantly. We have the assurance
of the presence of God; you have it—“Lo, I am with you alway, even
unto the end of the world.” (
Matthew 28:20
.) God bless you.
In love,
(Signed) Ellen G. White
—
Letter 12, 1887
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