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8361 Testimony for the Church — No. 26, p. 17.3 (Ellen Gould White)

A relation to the church is not to be easily canceled; yet some professed followers of Christ will threaten to leave the church when their path is crossed …

8362 Testimony for the Church — No. 27, p. 17.1 (Ellen Gould White)

They had rebelled against his commands, when he bade them go up and take the land he had promised them, and now, that he directed them to retreat from it, they were …

8363 Testimony for the Church — No. 27, p. 17.2 (Ellen Gould White)

When God directed them to go up and take Jericho, he promised to go with them. The ark containing his law was to be a symbol of himself. Moses and Aaron, God’s appointed …

8364 Testimony for the Church — No. 28, p. 17.1 (Ellen Gould White)

I sought to encourage my husband; he thought that if I felt able to undergo the fatigue and labor of camp-meeting, it would be best for me to go; but he could not …

8365 Testimony for the Church — No. 29, p. 17.1 (Ellen Gould White)

Those who assemble to listen to the truth should expect to be profited, as did Cornelius and his friends: “Now, therefore, are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.”

8366 Testimony for the Church — No. 29, p. 17.2 (Ellen Gould White)

Theoretical discourses are essential, that all may know the form of doctrine, and see the chain of truth, link after link, uniting in a perfect whole. But no discourse …

8367 Testimony for the Church — No. 29, p. 17.3 (Ellen Gould White)

After the theory of truth has been presented, then comes the laborious part of the work. The people should not be left without instruction in the practical …

8368 Testimony for the Church — No. 30, p. 17.1 (Ellen Gould White)

After the transgression of Israel in making the golden calf, Moses again goes to plead with God in behalf of his people. He has some knowledge of those who have …

8369 Testimony for the Church — No. 30, p. 17.2 (Ellen Gould White)

Moses has a deep sense of his unworthiness, and his unfitness for the great work to which God has called him. He pleads with intense earnestness that the Lord …

8370 Testimony for the Church — No. 31, p. 17.1 (Ellen Gould White)

My brethren, heed the reproof and counsel of the True Witness, and God will work for you and with you. Your enemies may be strong and determined but One mightier …

8372 Testimony for the Church — No. 31, p. 17 (Ellen Gould White)

Our College. Read in College Hall, December, 1881, before Conference delegates, and leading workers in Review and Herald Office, Sanitarium, College.

8373 Testimony for the Church — No. 31, p. 17.2 (Ellen Gould White)

There is danger that our College will be turned away from its original design. God’s purpose has been made known, that our people should have an opportunity …

8374 Testimony for the Church — No. 31, p. 17.3 (Ellen Gould White)

Students are sent from a great distance to attend the College at Battle Creek for the very purpose of receiving instructions from the lectures on Bible …

8375 Testimony for the Church — No. 32, p. 17.1 (Ellen Gould White)

God tests men, some in one way, and some in another. He tests some by bestowing upon them his rich bounties, and others by withholding his favors. He proves the …

8376 Testimony for the Church — No. 32, p. 17.2 (Ellen Gould White)

My brethren, the world will never believe that you are in earnest in your faith until you have less to say about temporal things and more about the realities …

8377 Testimony for the Church — No. 32, p. 17.3 (Ellen Gould White)

When Christ was on earth, he was brought in contact with some whose imaginations were fevered with the hope of worldly gain. They were never at rest, but were …

8378 Testimony for the Church — No. 33, p. 17.1 (Ellen Gould White)

When death claims one of our number, what are our memories of the treatment he has received? Are the pictures upon memory’s walls pleasant to reflect upon …

8379 Testimony for the Church — No. 33, p. 17.2 (Ellen Gould White)

When he with whom we have associated in the church is dead, when we know that his account in the books of heaven is fixed, and that he must meet that record in the …

8380 Testimony for the Church — No. 33, p. 17.3 (Ellen Gould White)

The apostle Paul thanked God for the comfort given him in sorrow, saying, “Blessed be ... the God of all comfort, who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we …