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2701 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 466.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… the time in which they live, and nearly all who profess to believe present truth are unprepared to understand the work of preparation for this time. In their …
2702 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 470.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… time and strength of mind and body, and thus lessening the vigor and force of our labor in the cause of God. Ministers who do this will not have all that time for …
2703 Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 475.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… not use flattery or be respecters of persons. There ever has been, and still is, great danger of erring here, of making a little difference with the wealthy, or …
2704 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 …
2705 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 …
2706 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 …
2707 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 …
2708 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 …
2709 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 …
2710 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 …
2711 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 …
2712 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 …
2713 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 …
2714 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 …
2715 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 …
2716 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 …
2717 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 …
2718 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 …
2719 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 …
2720 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 …