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741 Testimony for the Church — No. 17, p. 159.2 (Ellen Gould White)
If you possess earnestness and steadiness of purpose, your mind will come back, in a degree, to dwelling upon more healthful, pure subjects. Self-indulgence …
742 Testimony for the Church — No. 17, p. 159.3 (Ellen Gould White)
This wretched state is the result of unwise sympathy and flattery. You have had a very good mind, but it has become unbalanced by being directed in a wrong channel …
743 Testimony for the Church — No. 18, p. 159.1 (Ellen Gould White)
From what the Lord has shown me, the women of this class have had their imaginations perverted by novel-reading, day-dreaming, and castle-building—living in …
744 Testimony for the Church — No. 20, p. 159.1 (Ellen Gould White)
My brother, you have much to do in your family, to show them that the truth has wrought a good work for you, and that it has had a softening, refining, elevating, influence …
745 Testimony for the Church — No. 20, p. 159.2 (Ellen Gould White)
God has intrusted you with talents of means, to use in the advancement of his cause, to bless the needy, and to relieve the destitute. You can do a far greater amount …
746 Testimony for the Church — No. 21, p. 159.1 (Ellen Gould White)
The investigation of cases in Battle Creek was very much after the order that a lawyer criticises a witness, and there was a decided absence of the Spirit …
747 Testimony to the Church — No. 21a, p. 159.1 (Ellen Gould White)
I appealed, at the camp-meeting at Bordoville, in 1870, to those who had means as faithful stewards of God to use their means in the cause of God, and not leave this …
748 Testimony to the Church — No. 21a, p. 159.2 (Ellen Gould White)
Brn. S., C., and S., were presented before me. These men were making a mistake in regard to the appropriation of their means. Some of their children were influencing …
749 Testimony for the Church — No. 22, p. 159.1 (Ellen Gould White)
A true shepherd will have an interest in all that relates to the welfare of the flock, feeding them, guiding them, and defending them. He will carry himself with …
750 Testimony for the Church — No. 22, p. 159.2 (Ellen Gould White)
It is not the work of a gospel minister to lord it over God's heritage, but in lowliness of mind, with gentleness and long forbearance, exhorting, reproving, rebuking, with all long suffering and doctrine.
751 Testimony for the Church — No. 24, p. 159.1 (Ellen Gould White)
If Bro. —— had wanted to view things correctly, and feel the possibility of being deceived, he would have come to Bro. and Sister White with the reports injurious …
752 Testimony for the Church — No. 24, p. 159.2 (Ellen Gould White)
God has given us our work, and if God has given us a message to bear to his people, those who would hinder us in the work, and weaken the faith of the people in its …
753 Testimony for the Church — No. 25, p. 159.1 (Ellen Gould White)
Intemperance is increasing everywhere, notwithstanding the earnest efforts made during the past year to stay its progress. I was shown that the giant power of intemperance will not be controlled with any previous efforts that have been made.
754 Testimony for the Church — No. 25, p. 159.2 (Ellen Gould White)
The work of temperance must begin in our families, at our tables. Mothers have an important work to do that they may give to the world, through correct discipline …
755 Testimony for the Church — No. 25, p. 159.3 (Ellen Gould White)
The work of the mother is a very important and sacred one. She should teach her children from the cradle to practice self-denial and habits of self-control …
756 Testimony for the Church — No. 26, p. 159.1 (Ellen Gould White)
Dear Bro. and Sr. you are parents, you are in a great measure, accountable for the souls of your children. You have brought them into existence and you should, by …
757 Testimony for the Church — No. 26, p. 159.2 (Ellen Gould White)
These dear children are living among worldly people, and they are imbibing a love for the vanities of life. Your son L——, is a kind-hearted, fine-spirited boy, but …
758 Testimony for the Church — No. 26, p. 159.3 (Ellen Gould White)
If L—— neglects to become acquainted with religious subjects and practical Christianity, his life will be a mistake. He should see that he needs an education …
759 Testimony for the Church — No. 27, p. 159.1 (Ellen Gould White)
It is the grossest presumption for mortal man to venture upon a compromise with the Almighty, in order to secure his own petty, temporal interests. It is as …
760 Testimony for the Church — No. 27, p. 159.2 (Ellen Gould White)
It is not a small matter to rob a neighbor, and great is the stigma attached to one who is found guilty of such an act. Yet he who would scorn to defraud his fellow …