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Jesus by faith, trusting in His merits, doubts of His love will vanish as
dew before the morning sun.
Steadfast in Surrender to Christ—Let your surrender to God be
full and complete; wait not one day or hour. Make the most now of
your probationary time, be it longer or shorter. Just as soon as you
cast yourself unreservedly upon Jesus Christ, He accepts you. Do
not in any way conceal the fact that you have chosen truth and all the
inconveniences that this choice will involve....
Never, under any circumstances, even in appearance, consent to
leave the path cast up for the ransomed of the Lord to walk in. Be
steadfast, immovable to Christian obligations and to your God....
Sabbathkeeping With the Angels—I urge upon you to fulfill
your Christian obligations to God. If there is no one within a hundred
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miles of you who observes the Sabbath, the whole universe of heaven
is in sympathy with you. Christ your Saviour and the heavenly angels
are round about you. If you will call upon God in every time of need,
He will be your helper. Practice the truth in your home. “Ye are My
witnesses, saith the Lord.”
The Witness of a Christian Mother—But I am not able to write
you more. If you love the father of your children, live the life of a
Christian at all times and under all circumstances. If you had done
this, God would have worked in your behalf. But when you please
yourself, and displease your heavenly Father, how can the Lord work
in your behalf?
May the Lord help you, my poor, dear, tempted one, to choose
the right way just now. May He help you to give your husband and
children a testimony that you are a Christian in practice, that you love
God, that you love Jesus, who gave His life for you. And as your day
is, so shall your strength be. [See
Deuteronomy 33:25
.]—
Letter 76,
1896
.
The Winning of a Non-Christian Companion—My sister, our
Saviour is a present help in every time of need. Do not distrust Him.
Do not take your troubles to human beings; take them to the Lord.
You may think that others should sympathize with you in your down-
cast feelings, but you will sometimes be disappointed. Jesus never
disappoints one who comes to Him for help.
Are you one that makes mistakes? Go to Jesus, and ask Him to
forgive you, and then believe that He does. “If we confess our sins,