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1901 From Eternity Past, p. 48.5 (Ellen Gould White)

The men of that generation had mocked him who sought not to build up possessions here. But Enoch's heart was upon eternal treasures. He had seen the King in …

1902 From Eternity Past, p. 49.4 (Ellen Gould White)

… 11:5. The godly character of this prophet represents the state of holiness which must be attained by those who shall be “redeemed from the earth” ( Revelation …

1903 From Eternity Past, p. 54.5 (Ellen Gould White)

But time passed on; men whose hearts had at times trembled with fear began to be reassured. They reasoned that nature is above the God of nature. If the message …

1904 From Eternity Past, p. 57.5 (Ellen Gould White)

The sins that called for vengeance upon the antediluvian world exist today. The fear of God is banished from the hearts of men. His law is treated with indifference …

1908 From Eternity Past, p. 67.5 (Ellen Gould White)

As regards this world, God's work of creation is completed. “The works were finished from the foundation of the world.” Hebrews 4:3. But His energy is still exerted …

1909 From Eternity Past, p. 70.5 (Ellen Gould White)

The dwellers on the plain of Shinar disbelieved God's covenant that He would not again bring a flood upon the earth. One object in the erection of the tower …

1910 From Eternity Past, p. 75.5 (Ellen Gould White)

But from his father's grave the divine voice bade him go forward. Besides Sarah, the wife of Abraham, only Lot chose to share the patriarch's pilgrim life. Abraham …

1911 From Eternity Past, p. 80.5 (Ellen Gould White)

The people of God are lights in the moral darkness of this world. Scattered in towns, cities, and villages, they are God's channels through which He will communicate …

1912 From Eternity Past, p. 83.5 (Ellen Gould White)

In the hot summer noontide the patriarch was sitting in his tent door when he saw in the distance three travelers. Before reaching his tent, the strangers …

1913 From Eternity Past, p. 87.5 (Ellen Gould White)

If ever there was a time when every house should be a house of prayer, it is now. Let the father as priest of the household lay upon the altar of God the morning …

1914 From Eternity Past, p. 90.5 (Ellen Gould White)

The sacredness of the marriage relation was to be a lesson for all ages. The rights and happiness of this relation are to be carefully guarded, even at great …

1915 From Eternity Past, p. 91.5 (Ellen Gould White)

The command must have wrung with anguish that father's heart: “Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, ... and offer him there for a burnt offering …

1916 From Eternity Past, p. 93.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Yet none but God could understand how great was the father's sacrifice in yielding up his son to death. Abraham desired that none but God should witness the …

1917 From Eternity Past, p. 94.5 (Ellen Gould White)

On Mount Moriah God again confirmed with solemn oath the blessing to Abraham and to his seed: “Because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son …

1918 From Eternity Past, p. 95.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… 26:5. Says the apostle James, “Faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.” James 2:17. And John, who dwells so fully upon love, tells us, “This is the love of God, that …

1919 From Eternity Past, p. 105.5 (Ellen Gould White)

The great mass of the world will reject God's mercy and will be overwhelmed in swift and irretrievable ruin. But those who heed the warning shall dwell “in the secret place of the most High,” and “abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalm 91:1 .

1920 From Eternity Past, p. 106.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Like Lot, many see their children ruined, and barely save their own souls. Their lifework is lost; their life is a sad failure. Had they exercised true wisdom …