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2641 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 476.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… any time for devotion or for prayer. They work early and late. Sickly, diseased women and feeble children whip up their flagging ambition and use up the vitality …
2642 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 484.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… round of labor is before them and crowded upon them. They profess to be Christ's followers; but where is the time for them to meditate and pray, and obtain food …
2643 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 497.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… instruments of music have taken time which should have been devoted to prayer. Music, when not abused, is a great blessing; but when put to a wrong use, it is a terrible …
2644 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 503.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… life of usefulness. Some still urge that they must have something to interest the mind when business ceases, some mental occupation or amusement to which …
2645 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 511.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… desires. Time, and even means, if required, should be consecrated to God. All who profess godliness should feel the danger of those who are out of Christ. Soon …
2646 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 517.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… resources of strength and exhausting the capital, and would break down prematurely, and the cause of God would be deprived of his labor. Much of the time he …
2647 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 520.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… loss of time would be great; but the probabilities of recovery are very small. If Brother C cannot be aroused, I advise you, brethren, who have an interest in the …
2648 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 540.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing …
2649 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 542.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… the time to come,—referring to the close of time,—that they may lay hold on eternal life. The teachings of Paul harmonize perfectly with the words of Christ: “Make …
2650 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 544.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of everlasting life. You, as well as others of your brethren at ——, have had severe conflicts with the great adversary of souls. You have several times nearly …
2651 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 549.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… sensibilities of Nature that it may require a little time for her to recover from the abuse she has been made to suffer through the sinful habits of man, the …
2652 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 559.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… period of time now. Let the Health Institute grow, as other interests among us have grown, as fast as it can safely and not cripple other branches of the great …
2653 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 563.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… eight times a week, visiting from house to house, and writing hundreds of pages of personal testimonies and private letters. This amount of labor, with unnecessary …
2654 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 566.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… simplicity of the gospel is fast disappearing from professed Sabbathkeepers. I inquire a hundred times a day, How can God prosper us? There is but little praying …
2655 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 570.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… forenoon of both Sabbath and first day, and I would fill up the rest of the time, and then speak about an hour and a half in the afternoon of each day. We were listened …
2656 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 572.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… sent us to them. As a further result of our labors, seven were soon after baptized by Brother Waggoner, and two in July by my husband at the time of our second visit …
2657 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 575.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… part of the time. And as I could not travel without him I was necessarily kept at home much of the time. I felt that God would now prosper him while he labored in …
2658 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 581.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… cause of God would lead me to speak lightly of the church at Battle Creek, from whom I had not the slightest alienation of feeling. Was not my interest in the …
2659 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 582.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… dollars of its value, but could not. At this time our only and very valuable cow died. My husband then for the first time felt that he could receive help, and addressed …
2660 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 595.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… time of the Conference, and most looked upon us, especially my husband, with suspicion. Some persons of influence manifested a disposition to crush us. We were …