There Should Be No Thought of Failure

Workers for Christ are never to think, much less to speak, of failure in their work. The Lord Jesus is our
efficiency in all things; His Spirit is to be our inspiration; and as we place ourselves in His hands, to be
channels of light, our means of doing good will never be exhausted. We may draw upon His fulness, and
receive of that grace which has no limit.--Gospel Workers, p. 19. {ChS 261.3}

When we give ourselves wholly to God, and in our work follow His directions, He makes Himself
responsible for its accomplishment. He would not have us conjecture as to the success of our honest
endeavors. Not once should we even think of failure. We are to co-operate with One who knows no
failure.--Christ's Object Lessons, p. 363. {ChS 261.4}

The Lord is disappointed when His people place a low estimate upon themselves. He desires His
chosen heritage to value themselves according to the price He has placed upon them. God wanted them,
else He would not have sent His Son on such an expensive errand to redeem them. He has a use for
them, and He is well pleased when they make the very highest demands upon Him, that they may glorify
His name. They may expect large things if they have faith in His promises.--The Desire of Ages, p. 668.
{ChS 262.1}

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The intelligence displayed by many dumb animals approaches so closely to human intelligence that it is a
mystery. The animals see and hear and love and fear and suffer. They use their organs far more faithfully
than many human beings use theirs. They manifest sympathy and tenderness toward their companions
in suffering. Many animals show an affection for those who have charge of them, far superior to the
affection shown by some of the human race. They form attachments for man which are not broken
without great suffering to them.

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Animal, Men, Race save quote picture

We need to have far less confidence in what man can do and far more confidence in what God can do for
every believing soul. He longs to have you reach after Him by faith. He longs to have you expect great
things from Him. He longs to give you understanding in temporal as well as in spiritual matters. He can
sharpen the intellect. He can give tact and skill. Put your talents into the work, ask God for wisdom, and
it will be given you.

Ellen G. White

Spiritual, Believe, Men save quote picture

Workers for Christ are never to think, much less to speak, of failure in their work. The Lord Jesus is our
efficiency in all things; His Spirit is to be our inspiration; and as we place ourselves in His hands, to be
channels of light, our means of doing good will never be exhausted. We may draw upon His fulness, and
receive of that grace which has no limit.

Ellen G. White

Jesus, Inspiration, Mean save quote picture

All true obedience comes from the heart. It was heart work with Christ. And if we consent, He will so
identify Himself with our thoughts and aims, so blend our hearts and minds into conformity to His will,
that when obeying Him we shall be but carrying out our own impulses. The will, refined and sanctified,
will find its highest delight in doing His service. When we know God as it is our privilege to know Him,
our life will be a life of continual obedience. Through an appreciation of the character of Christ, through
communion with God, sin will become hateful to us.

Ellen G. White

Appreciation, Character, Heart save quote picture

Talk unbelief, and you will have unbelief; but talk faith, and you will have faith. According to the seed
sown will be the harvest.

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The greatest want of the world is the want of men - men who will not be bought or sold; men who in
their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose
conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the
heavens fall.

Ellen G. White

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But God will have a people upon the earth to maintain the Bible, and the Bible only, as the standard of
all doctrines and the basis of all reforms.

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Why the Christian life is so difficult to many is because they have a divided heart. They are double-
minded, which makes them unstable in all their ways.

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Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for us, of which we know nothing.

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What man with a human heart, who has ever cared for domestic animals, could look into their eyes, so
full of confidence and affection, and willingly give them over to the butcher's knife? How could he
devour their flesh as a sweet morsel?

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It is Satan's constant effort to misrepresent the character of God, the nature of sin, and the real issues at
stake in the great controversy. His sophistry lessens the obligation of the divine law and gives men
license to sin. At the same time he causes them to cherish false conceptions of God so that they regard
Him with fear and hate rather than with love. The cruelty inherent in his own character is attributed to
the Creator; it is embodied in systems of religion and expressed in modes of worship.

Ellen G. White

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A Christian reveals true humility by showing the gentleness of Christ, by being always ready to help
others, by speaking kind words and performing unselfish acts, which elevate and ennoble the most
sacred message that has come to our world.

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Christian, Humility, Helping Others save quote picture

If you lose Heaven, you lose everything; if you gain Heaven, you gain everything.
Ellen G. White

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We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His
teaching in our past history.

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Teaching, Past, Way save quote picture

A person whose mind is quiet and satisfied in God is in the pathway to health.

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Mind, Pathways, Quiet save quote picture

We are not called upon to enter into controversy with those who hold false theories. Controversy is
unprofitable. Christ never entered into it. 'It is written' is the weapon used by the world's Redeemer. Let
us keep close to the Word. Let us allow the Lord Jesus and His messengers to testify. We know that their
testimony is true.

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The majority of the diseases which the human family have been and still are suffering under, they have
created by ignorance of their own organic health, and work perseveringly to tear themselves to pieces,
and when broken down and debilitated in body and mind, send for the doctor and drug themselves to
death.

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There are orphans that can be cared for; but this some will not venture to undertake, for it brings them
work more than they care to do, leaving them but little time to please themselves.

Ellen G. White

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The name 'Seventh-day Adventist' carries the true features of our faith in front and will convict the
inquiring mind. Like an arrow from the Lord's quiver, it will wound the transgressors of God's law, and
will lead to repentance toward God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ellen G. White
Jesus, Law, Names save quote picture

In the matchless gift of His Son, God has encircled the whole world with an atmosphere of grace as real
as the air which circulates around the globe. All who chose to breathe this life-giving atmosphere will live
and grow up to the stature of men and women in Christ Jesus.

Ellen G. White

Jesus, Growing Up, Real save quote picture

It is a fearful mistake for us to neglect the study of the Bible to investigate theories that are misleading,
diverting minds from the words of Christ to fallacies of human production.

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Mistake, Mind, Study save quote picture

Don't you quote Sister White. I don't want you ever to quote Sister White until you get your vantage
ground where you know where you are. Quote the Bible. Talk the Bible. It is full of meat, full of fatness.
Carry it right out in your life, and you will know more Bible than you know now.

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Bible, White, Meat save quote picture

Every act, every deed of justice and mercy and benevolence, makes heavenly music in Heaven.

Ellen G. White

Justice, Heaven, Deeds save quote picture

Fixed principles of truth are the only safeguard for youth.

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Principles, Youth, Fixed save quote picture

It is not earthly rank, nor birth, nor nationality, nor religious privilege, which proves that we are
members of the family of God; it is love, a love that embraces all humanity.

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The young are in great danger. Much evil results from their light and trifling reading. Much time is lost
which should be spent in useful employment. Some would even deprive themselves of sleep that they
might finish some ridiculous love story.

Ellen G. White

Reading, Sleep, Light save quote picture

Prayer is the opening of the heart to God as to a friend. Not that it is necessary in order to make known
to God what we are, but in order to enable us to receive Him. Prayer does not bring God down to us, but
brings us up to Him.

Ellen G. White

Prayer, Heart, Order save quote picture

There is no exercise that can take the place of walking. by it the circulation of the blood is greatly
improved. Walking, in all cases where it is possible, is the best remedy for the diseased bodies, because
in this, all of the organs of the body are brought into use.

Ellen G. White

Exercise, Blood, Use save quote picture

It is important that we relish the food we eat. If we cannot do this, but eat mechanically, our food does
not do us that good it should, and we fail to be nourished and built up by it as we otherwise would be, if
we could enjoy the food we take into the stomach.

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Important, Doe, Would Be save quote picture

Singing is as much an act of worship as is prayer.

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Prayer, Singing, Worship save quote picture

Abstemiousness in diet and control of the passions, will preserve the intellect and give mental and moral
vigor, enabling men to bring all their propensities under the control of the higher powers, and to discern
between right and wrong, the sacred and the common.

Ellen G. White

Passion, Men, Giving save quote picture

As the flower turns to the sun, that the bright beams may aid in perfecting its beauty and symmetry, so
should we turn to the Sun of Righteousness, that Heaven's light may shine upon us, that our character
may be developed in to the likeness of Christ.
Ellen G. White

Flower, Character, Light save quote picture

Thread of Selfishness in Web of Life.—Deuteronomy contains much instruction regarding what the law is
to us, and the relation we shall sustain to God as we reverence and obey

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Law, Selfishness, Instruction save quote picture

Christ was treated as we deserve that we may be treated as He deserves. He was condemned for our
sins, in which He had no share, that we might be justified by His righteousness, in which we had no
share. He suffered the death which was ours, that we might receive the life which was His. 'By His stripes
we are healed.

Ellen G. White

Stripes, May, Might save quote picture

Pure air, good water, sunshine, the beautiful surroundings of nature...these are God's means for
restoring the sick to health.

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Beautiful, Mean, Sunshine save quote picture

There is not a point that needs to be dwelt upon more earnestly, repeated more frequently, or
established more firmly in the minds of all than the impossibility of fallen man meriting anything by his
own best good works. Salvation is through faith in Jesus Christ alone.

Ellen G. White

Jesus, Men, Mind save quote picture

A kind, courteous Christian is the most powerful argument that can be produced in favor of Christianity.

Ellen G. White

Christian, Powerful, Favors save quote picture

So long as He lived among men, our Saviour shared the lot of the poor. He knew by experience their
cares and hardships, and He could comfort and encourage all humble workers.

Ellen G. White

Humble, Men, Long save quote picture

The stomach, liver, lungs and brain are suffering for want of deep, full inspirations of air which would
electrify the blood and impart to it a bright, lively color, and which alone can keep it pure, and give tone
and vigor to every part of the living machinery.

Ellen G. White

Inspiration, Air, Blood save quote picture

But Jesus, our Advocate, presents an effectual plea in behalf of all who by repentance and faith have
committed the keeping of their souls to Him.He pleads their cause, and by the mighty arguments of
Calvary vanquishes their accuser.

Ellen G. White

Jesus, Soul, Causes save quote picture

Pure air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water, trust in Divine power-
these are the true remedies.

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Exercise, Air, Water save quote picture

Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you.

Ellen G. White

Children, Married, Lord save quote picture

The voice of God is heard from heaven, declaring the day and hour of Jesus' coming, and delivering the
everlasting covenant to His people. Like peals of loudest thunder His words roll through the earth. The
Israel of God stand listening, with their eyes fixed upward. Their countenances are lighted up with His
glory, and shine as did the face of Moses when he came down from Sinai. The wicked cannot look upon
them. And when the blessing is pronounced on those who have honored God by keeping His Sabbath
holy, there is a mighty shout of victory.

Ellen G. White

Jesus, Eye, Blessing save quote picture

Morning exercise, walking in the free, invigorating air of heaven, or cultivating flowers, small fruits, and
vegetables, is the surest safeguard against colds, coughs, congestion of the brain, inflammation of the
liver, the kidneys, and the lungs, and a hundred other diseases.

Ellen G. White

Morning, Flower, Exercise save quote picture

The soul that is yielded to Christ becomes His own fortress, which He holds in a revolted world, and He
intends that no authority shall be known in it except His own. A soul thus kept in possession by the
heavenly agencies is impregnable to the assaults of Satan.

Ellen G. White

Agency, Soul, World save quote picture

For forty years did unbelief, murmuring, and rebellion shut out ancient Israel from the land of Canaan.
The same sins have delayed the entrance of modern Israel into the heavenly Canaan. In neither case
were the promises of God at fault. It is the unbelief, the worldliness, unconsecration, and strife among
the Lord's professed people that have kept us in this world of sin and sorrow so many years

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Israel, Years, Land save quote picture

Exercise will aid in the work of digestion. Take a walk after a meal; but no violent exercise after a full
meal.

Ellen G. White

Exercise, Meals, Digestion save quote picture

Moderate exercise every day will impart strength to the muscles, which without exercise become flabby
and enfeebled.

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If physical exercise were combined with mental exertion, the blood would be quickened in its circulation,
the action of the heart would be more perfect, impure matter would be thrown off, and new life and
vigor would be experienced in every part of the body.

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Heart, Exercise, Blood save quote picture

Water is the best liquid possible to cleanse the tissues.... Drink some, a little time before or after a meal.

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If you are suffering from your intemperance in eating or in drinking, we that are around you, or
associated with you, are affected by your infirmities. We have to suffer on account of the course you
pursue, which is wrong. If it has an influence to lessen your powers of mind or body, we are affected by
it.

Ellen G. White

Drinking, Mind, Suffering save quote picture

God designed that the living machinery should be in daily activity. For in this activity or motion is its
preserving power.... The more we exercise, the better will be the circulation of the blood.

Ellen G. White

Exercise, Blood, Should save quote picture

The bath soothes the nerves. It promotes general perspiration, quickens the circulation, overcomes
obstruction in the system, and acts beneficially on the kidneys and the urinary organs. Bathing helps the
bowels, stomach, and liver, giving energy and new life to each. It also promotes digestion and instead of
the system being weakened, it is strengthened...and a more easy and regular flow of the blood through
all the blood vessels is obtained.

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Impurities are constantly and imperceptibly passing from the body, through the pores, and if the surface
of the skin is not kept in a healthy condition, the system is burdened with impure matter....and if the
garments worn are not frequently cleansed...the pores of the skin absorb again the waste matter thrown
off. The impurities of the body... are taken back into the blood, and forced upon the internal organs.

Ellen G. White

Taken, Blood, Healthy save quote picture

The stomach, when we lie down to rest, should have its work done, that it may enjoy rest, as well as
other portions of the body. The work of digestion should not be carried on through any period of the
sleeping hours.

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Lying, Sleep, Done save quote picture

God is the source of life and light and joy to the universe. Like rays of light from the sun, like the streams
of living water bursting from a living spring, blessings flow out from Him to all His creatures. And
wherever the life of God is in the hearts of men, it will flow out to others in love and blessing.

Ellen G. White
Spring, Heart, Blessing save quote picture

A life in Christ is a life of restfulness. There may be no ecstasy of feeling, but there should be an abiding
peaceful trust. Your hope is not in yourself; it is in Christ. Your weakness is united to His strength, your
ignorance to His wisdom, your frailty to His enduring might....Let the mind dwell upon His love, upon the
beauty, the perfection of His character..

Ellen G. White

Ignorance, Character, Perfection save quote picture

All who in this world render true service to God or man receive a preparatory training in the school of
sorrow. The weightier the trust and the higher the service, the closer is the test and the more severe the
discipline.

Ellen G. White

School, Men, Discipline save quote picture

In these letters which I write, in the testimonies I bear, I am presenting to you that which the Lord has
presented to me. I do not write one article in the paper expressing merely my own ideas. They are what
God has opened before me in vision--the precious rays of light shining from the throne.

Ellen G. White

Writing, Light, Ideas save quote picture

The fatal effects of sin can be removed only by the provision that God has made. The Israelites saved
their lives by looking upon the uplifted serpent. That look implied faith. They lived because they believed
God's word, and trusted in the means provided for their recover. So to sinner may look to Christ, and
live. He receives pardon through faith in the atoning sacrifice. Unlike the inert and lifeless symbol, Christ
has power and virtue in Himself to heal the repenting sinner.

Ellen G. White

Mean, Sacrifice, May save quote picture

Talents used are talents multiplied.

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Nature utters her voice in lessons of heavenly wisdom and eternal truth.

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Voice, Lessons, Heavenly save quote picture

We do not mark out any precise line to be followed in diet; but we do say that in countries where there
are fruits, grains, and nuts in abundance, flesh food is not the right food for God's people.

Ellen G. White

Country, Nuts, People save quote picture

If the life we live in this world is wholly for Christ, it is a life of daily surrender.

Ellen G. White

World, Surrender, Christ save quote picture

Perfect health depends upon perfect circulation.

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Heaven is all health.

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You need clear, energetic minds, in order to appreciate the exalted character of the truth, to value the
atonement, and to place the right estimate upon eternal things.

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Character, Order, Appreciate save quote picture

God has set up a high standard of righteousness. He has made plain a distinction between human and
divine wisdom. All who work on Christ's side must work to save, not to destroy.

Ellen G. White

High Standards, Sides, Christ save quote picture

When will the church do her appointed work? She is represented as an angel of light, flying through
heaven with the everlasting gospel to be proclaimed to the world. This represents the speed and
directness with which the church is to prosecute her work.

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Angel, Light, Heaven save quote picture

The Bible is God's great lesson book...

Ellen G. White

Book, Lessons save quote picture

The existing confusion of conflicting creeds and sects is fitly represented by the term "Babylon," which
prophecy (Revelation 14:8) applies to the world-loving churches of the last days.

Ellen G. White

Confusion, Church, World save quote picture

Look up, look up, and let your faith continually increase. Let this faith guide you along the narrow path
that leads through the gates of the city into the great beyond, the wide, unbounded future of glory that
is for the redeemed.

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Cities, Looks, Path save quote picture

Nature is the mirror of divinity.

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Nature, Mirrors, Divinity save quote picture

Satan has many helpers.

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Remember that you will never reach a higher standard than you yourself set. Then set your mark high,
and step by step, even though it be by painful effort, by self-denial and sacrifice, ascend the whole
length of the ladder of progress.

Ellen G. White

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Pure air and water, cleanliness, a proper diet, purity of life, and a firm trust in God are remedies for the
want of which thousands are dying; yet these remedies are going out of date because their skillful use
requires work that the people do not appreciate.

Ellen G. White
Air, People, Appreciate save quote picture

Gather every promise. This is Jesus, the life of every grace, the life of every promise, the life of every
ordinance, the life of every blessing.

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Jesus, Blessing, Grace save quote picture

The people are hungry for the bread of life. Do not offer them a stone.

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People, Stones, Bread save quote picture

The spirit of Christ is a missionary spirit.

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Missionary, Spirit, Christ save quote picture

The Saviour would have passed through the agony of Calvary that one might be saved in His kingdom. He
will never abandon one for whom He has died.

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Agony, Might, Kingdoms save quote picture

Many are to believe on Christ through the communication of truth by His servants. As they see the
beauty of the Word of God, and as they see Jesus revealed in the lives of His children, they will praise
Him with heart and soul and voice.

Ellen G. White

Jesus, Children, Believe save quote picture

In the prayer of faith there is a divine science; it is a science that everyone who would make his lifework
a success must understand.

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Prayer, Divine save quote picture

We must hold fast to the truths which we have already received; we must

not look with suspicion upon any new light that God may send.

Ellen G. White
Light, Looks, May save quote picture

We must let patience have its perfect work, remembering that there are precious promises in the
Scriptures for those who wait upon the Lord.

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Perfect, Waiting, Promise save quote picture

Unceasing prayer is the unbroken union of the soul with God, so that life from God flows into our life;
and from our life, purity and holiness flow back to God.

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Prayer, Soul, Flow save quote picture

The last rays of merciful light, the last message of mercy to be given to the world, is a revelation of His
character and love. The children of God are to manifest His glory. In their own life and character they are
to reveal what the grace of God has done for them.

Ellen G. White

Children, Character, Light save quote picture

The closer you come to Jesus, the more faulty you will appear in your own eyes; for your vision will be
clearer, and your imperfections will be seen in broad and distinct contrast to His perfect nature.

Ellen G. White

Jesus, Eye, Perfect save quote picture

None are so sinful that they cannot find strength, purity, and righteousness in Jesus, who died for them.

Ellen G. White

Jesus, Purity, Finding Strength save quote picture

The strongest argument in favor of the gospel is a loving and lovable Christian.

Ellen G. White

Christian, Favors, Argument save quote picture

In regard to infallibility, I never claimed it; God alone is infallible. His word is true, and in Him is no
variableness, or shadow of turning.

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Shadow, Infallibility save quote picture

I find myself frequently placed where I

dare give neither assent nor dissent to propositions that are submitted to me;

for there is danger that any words I may speak shall be reported as something

that the Lord has given me. It is not always safe for me to express my own

judgment; for sometimes when someone wishes to carry out his own purpose,

he will regard any favorable word I may speak as special light from the Lord

Ellen G. White

Light, Giving, Special save quote picture

Faith in the atonement and intercession of Christ will keep us steadfast and immovable amid the
temptations that press upon us in the church militant.

Ellen G. White

Temptation, Church, Atonement save quote picture

Has God no living church? He has a church, but it is the church militant, not the church triumphant. We
are sorry that there are defective members, that there are tares amid the wheat. . . . Although there are
evils existing in the church, and will be until the end of the world, the church in these last days is to be
the light of the world that is polluted and demoralized by sin. The church, enfeebled and defective,
needing to be reproved, warned, and counseled, is the only object upon earth upon which Christ
bestows His supreme regard.

Ellen G. White

Sorry, Light, Evil save quote picture

Why should the sons and daughters of God be reluctant to pray, when prayer is the key in the hand of
faith to unlock heaven's storehouse, where are treasured the boundless resources of Omnipotence.

Ellen G. White

Daughter, Prayer, Son save quote picture

We must not think, "Well, we have all the truth, we understand the main pillars of our faith, and we may
rest on this knowledge." The truth is an advancing truth, and we must walk in the increasing light.

Ellen G. White

Thinking, Light, May save quote picture

I wish that we had much more of the Spirit of Christ and a great deal less self, and less of human
opinions. If we err, let it be on the side of mercy rather than on the side of condemnation and harsh
dealing

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Self, Wish, Sides save quote picture

There are Christians who think and speak altogether too much about the power of Satan. They think of
their adversary, they pray about him, they talk about him, and he looms up greater and greater in their
imagination. It is true that Satan is a powerful being; but, thank God, we have a mighty Saviour, who cast
out the evil one from heaven. Satan is pleased when we magnify his power. Why not talk of Jesus? Why
not magnify His power and His love?

Ellen G. White

Christian, Jesus, Powerful save quote picture

There shall be no more sin, neither shall there beany more death.

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Sin save quote picture

Has God no living church? He has a church, but it is the church militant, not the church triumphant. We
are sorry that there are defective members. . . . While the Lord brings into the church those who are
truly converted, Satan at the same time brings persons who are not converted into its fellowship. While
Christ is sowing the good seed, Satan is sowing the tares. There are two opposing influences continually
exerted on the members of the church. One influence is working for the purification of the church, and
the other for the corrupting of the people of God...

Ellen G. White

Sorry, Two, People save quote picture

The life of Christ was a life charged with a divine message of the love of God, and He longed intensely to
impart this love to others in rich measure. Compassion beamed from His countenance, and His conduct
was characterized by grace, humility, truth, and love. Every member of His church militant must manifest
the same qualities, if he would join the church triumphant.

Ellen G. White

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God has a church upon the earth, who are His chosen people, who keep His commandments. He is
leading, not stray offshoots, not one here and one there, but a people. The truth is a sanctifying power,
but the church militant is not yet the church triumphant...

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People, Church, Earth save quote picture

False religion may prevail, iniquity may abound, the love of many may wax cold, the cross of Calvary may
be lost sight of, and darkness, like the pall of death, may spread over the world; the whole force of the
popular current may be formed to overthrow the people of God; but in the hour of greatest peril the
God of Elijah will raise up human instrumentalities to bear a message that will not be silenced.

Ellen G. White

Sight, People, Darkness save quote picture

The last great delusion is soon to open before us. Antichrist is to perform his marvelous works in our
sight So closely will the counterfeit resemble the true that it will be impossible to distinguish between
them except by the Holy Scriptures.

Ellen G. White

Sight, America, Lasts save quote picture

I desired to become a Christian, and prayed earnestly for the forgiveness of my sins. I felt a peace of
mind resulting, and loved every one, feeling desirous that all should have their sins forgiven, and love
Jesus as I did.

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Christian, Jesus, Feelings save quote picture

The Jews did not go into darkness all at once. It was a gradual work, until they could not discern the gift
of God in sending his Son.

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Son, Darkness, Jew save quote picture

Satan well knows that success can only attend order and harmonious action. He well knows that every
thing connected with Heaven is in perfect order.

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Order, Perfect, Heaven save quote picture

Religion does not consist in making a noise, yet when the soul is filled with the Spirit of the Lord, sweet,
heart-felt praise to God glorifies him.
Ellen G. White

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In Christ was united the human and the divine. His mission was to reconcile God to man, and man to
God; to unite the finite with the infinite.

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All the food that is put into the stomach that the system cannot derive benefit from, is a burden to
nature in her work.

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We need no fanciful teaching regarding the personality of God. What God desires us to know of Him is
revealed in His word and His works. The beautiful things of nature reveal His character and His power as
Creator.

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Music is made one of Satan's most attractive agencies to ensnare souls; but, when turned to a good
account, it is a blessing. When abused, it leads the unconsecrated to pride, vanity, and folly.

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As we lay hold upon the truth of God, its influence must affect us. It must elevate us. It must remove
from us every imperfection.

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It is the chief joy of all holy beings to witness the joy and happiness of those around them.

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Those who are preparing for the coming of Christ should be sober, and watch unto prayer, for our
adversary, the Devil, goeth about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour; whom we are to
resist steadfast in the faith.
Ellen G. White

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The mother cannot expect her daughter to understand the mysteries of housekeeping without
education. She should instruct them patiently, lovingly, and make the work as agreeable as she can by
her cheerful countenance and encouraging words of approval. If they fail once, twice, or thrice, censure
not.

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The hope of eternal life is not to be taken up upon slight grounds. It is a subject to be settled between
God and your own soul; settled for eternity. A supposed hope, and nothing more, will prove your ruin.

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Many have a vague idea that they must make some wonderful effort in order to gain the favor of God.
But all self-dependence is vain. It is only by connecting with Jesus through faith that the sinner becomes
a hopeful, believing child of God.

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If Christians will obey the instructions given to them by Christ and his inspired apostles, they will adorn
the religion of the Bible, and save themselves much perplexity and severe trials, which they attribute to
their afflictions in consequence of believing unpopular truth.

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God requires his people to shine as lights in the world. It is not merely the ministers who are required to
do this, but every disciple of Christ. Their conversation should be heavenly.

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Those who use tobacco, tea and coffee should lay these idols aside, and put their cost into the treasury
of the Lord.

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The masses will reject any theory, however reasonable it may be, if it lays a restriction upon the appetite.

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True generosity is too frequently eaten up by prosperity and riches.

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Those who are devoted to amusements; who love the society of those who love pleasure, have an
aversion to religious exercises.

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True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. It is, on the contrary, an element calm and deep. It
looks beyond mere externals, and is attracted by qualities alone. It is wise and discriminating, and its
devotion is real and abiding.

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Lightness, jesting, and joking, can only be indulged at the expense of barrenness of soul, and the loss of
the favor of God.

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All our words and acts are passing in review before God.

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God's promises are all on condition of humble obedience.

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The sin which is indulged to the greatest extent, which separates us from God and produces so many
spiritual disorders, and which are contagious, is selfishness.

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God tests and proves us by the common occurrences of life. It is the little things which reveal the
chapters of the heart.

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The Bible is our rule of faith and doctrine.

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The words of the Bible, and the Bible alone, should be heard from the pulpit.

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My appeal to the rich is, Deal liberally with your poor brethren, and use your means to advance the
cause of God. The worthy poor, who are made poor by misfortune and sickness, deserve your especial
care and help.

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Do not sit down in Satan's easy chair of do-little, but arise and aim at the elevated standard which it is
your privilege to attain.

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Christian sisters should not at any time dress extravagantly, but at all times dress as neat, modest, and
healthful, as their work will allow.

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Religion will prove to the believer a comforter and a sure guide to the fountain of true happiness.

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God requires you individually to come up to the point, to make an entire surrender. Ye cannot serve God
and mammon.

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All the riches of the world are not of sufficient value to redeem one perishing soul.

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The life of Christ was a life of humble simplicity, yet how infinitely exalted was his mission. Christ is our
example in all things.

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Flesh-meats will depreciate the blood. Cook meat with spices, and eat it with rich cakes and pies, and
you have a bad quality of blood.

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Whatsoever is done out of pure love, be it ever so little or contemptible in the sight of men, is wholly
fruitful; for God measures more with how much love one worketh, than the amount he doeth.

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Ministers of God's choosing are engaged in a great work. They are warring not merely against men, but
Satan and his angels.

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Children that have been petted and waited upon, always expect it; and if their expectations are not met,
they are disappointed and discouraged. This same disposition will be seen through their whole lives, and
they will be helpless, leaning upon others for aid, expecting others to favor them and yield to them.

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Confound not faith and feeling together. They are distinct. Faith is ours to exercise. Believe, believe. Let
your faith take hold of the blessing, and it is yours by faith. Your feelings have nothing to do with this
faith.

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Every man who praises himself brushes the luster from his best efforts.

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We should strive to understand the weakness of others.

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Men professing godliness offer their bodies upon Satan's altar, and burn the incense of tobacco to his
satanic majesty. Does this statement seem severe? The offering must be presented to some deity. Since
God is pure and holy, and will accept nothing defiling in its character, He refuses this expensive, filthy,
and unholy sacrifice; therefore we conclude that Satan is the one who claims the honor.

Ellen G. White

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The righteousness by which we are justified is imputed; the righteousness by which we are sanctified is
imparted. The first is our title to heaven, the second is our fitness for heaven.

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Heaven, Titles, Firsts save quote picture

Who can measure the love Christ felt for a lost world, as he hung upon the cross, suffering for the sins of
guilty men? This love was immeasurable. It was infinite.

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We are not our own. We do not belong to ourselves. But we have been purchased with a dear price. We
have cost an immense sum, even the sufferings and death of the Son of God.

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The love of Christ reaches to the very depths of earthly misery and woe, or it would not meet the case of
the veriest sinner. It also reaches to the throne of the eternal, or man could not he lifted from his
degraded condition, and our necessities would not be met, our desires would be unsatisfied.

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Sisters, when about their work, should not put on clothing which would make them look like images to
frighten the crows from the corn. It is more gratifying to their husbands and children to see them in a
becoming, well-fitting, attire, than it can be to merely visitors or strangers.

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Dying legacies are a miserable substitute for living benevolence.

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It is right to love beauty and to desire it; but God desires us to love and seek first the highest beauty, that
which is imperishable. No outward adorning can compare in value or loveliness with that "meek and
quiet spirit."

Ellen G. White

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There is one straight chain of truth without one heretical sentence in that which I have written.

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It is Satan's work to fill men's hearts with doubt. He leads them to look upon God as a stern judge. He
tempts them to sin, and then to regard themselves as too vile to approach their heavenly Father or to
excite His pity. The Lord understands all this. Jesus assures His disciples of God's sympathy for them in
their needs and weaknesses. Not a sigh is breathed, not a pain felt, not a grief pierces the soul, but the
throb vibrates to the Father's heart.

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The great controversy is ended. Sin and sinners are no more. The entire universe is clean. One pulse of
harmony and gladness beats through the vast creation. From Him who created all, flow life and light and
gladness, throughout the realms of illimitable space. From the minutest atom to the greatest world, all
things, animate and inanimate, in their unshadowed beauty and perfect joy, declare that God is love.

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Events in the train of prophecy that had their fulfillment away in the past are made future, and thus by
these theories the faith of some is undermined.

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Do not make yourself the subject of remarks either by being overdressed or by dressing in a lax, untidy
manner. Act as though you knew that the eye of heaven is upon you, and that you are living under the
approbation or disapprobation of God.

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Our clothing, while modest and simple, should be of good quality . . . It should be chosen for durability
rather than display.

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A modest, godly woman will dress modestly. . . The one who is simple and unpretending in her dress and
in her manners shows that she understands that a true woman is characterized by moral worth.

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True beauty of dress consists in its simplicity . . . What do these devotees of fashion gain? Only the
satisfaction of being admired, like a butterfly.
Ellen G. White

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Ministers should not pray so loud, and long, as to exhaust the strength. It is not necessary to weary the
throat and lungs in prayer. God's ear is ever open to hear the heart-felt petitions of his humble servants,
and he does not require them to wear out the organs of speech in addressing him.

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Prayer, Heart, Humble save quote picture

Ministers should impress upon the people the necessity of individual effort. No church can flourish
unless its members are workers. The people must lift where the ministers lift.

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People, Effort, Church save quote picture

The name, Seventh-day Adventist, is a standing rebuke to the Protestant world. Here is the line of
distinction between the worshipers of God, and those who worship the beast, and receive his mark. The
great conflict is between the commandments of God and the requirements of the beast.

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Names, World, Lines save quote picture

The ministers of Christ should possess refinement. All uncouth manners, attitudes and gestures should
be discarded, and they should encourage in themselves humble dignity of bearing.

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Attitude, Humble, Gestures save quote picture

No persons professing to be Christians should enter the marriage relation until the matter has been
carefully and prayerfully considered from an elevated standpoint, to see if God can be glorified by the
union.

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It is a religious duty for those who cook to learn how to prepare food in different ways, hygienically, for
the table, so that it may be eaten with enjoyment.

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It is a great thing to be a child of God, and joint-heir with Jesus Christ. If this is your privilege, you will
know the fellowship of Christ's sufferings.

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If you have other gods before the Lord, your heart will be turned away from serving the only true and
living God, who requires the whole heart, the undivided affections. All the heart, all the soul, all the
mind, and all the strength, does God require. He will accept of nothing short of this.

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I prize my seamstress, I value my copyist; but my cook, who knows well how to prepare the food to
sustain life, and nourish brain, bone, and muscle, fills the most important place among the helpers in my
family.

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I had often sought for the peace there is in Christ, but I could not seem to find the freedom I desired. A
terrible sadness rested on my heart. I could not think of anything I had done to cause me to feel sad; but
it seemed to me that I was not good enough to enter Heaven, that such a thing would be altogether too
much for me to expect.

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The young among us are, as a general thing, allied to the world. But few maintain a special warfare
against the internal foe. But few have an earnest, anxious desire to know and do the will of God.

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When music is allowed to take the place of devotion and prayer, it is a terrible curse. Young people
assemble together to sing, and, although professed Christians, frequently dishonor God and their faith
by their frivolous conversation and their choice of music.

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Ministers should be Bible students. They should thoroughly furnish themselves with the evidences of our
faith and hope, and then, with full control of the voice and their feelings, present these evidences in
such a manner that the people can calmly weigh them, and decide upon the evidences presented.

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Voice, People, Feelings save quote picture

Ministers have received their wages, and some have their minds too much on their wages. They labor for
wages, and lose sight of the sacredness and importance of the work.

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Love exercised while duty is neglected will make children headstrong, willful, perverse, selfish, and
disobedient. If stern duty is left to stand alone without love to soften and win, it will have a similar result.
Duty and love must be blended in order that children may be properly disciplined.

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In consequence of our limited ideas of the sufferings of Christ, we place a low estimate upon the great
work of the atonement. The glorious plan of man's salvation was brought about through the infinite love
of God the Father. In this divine plan is seen the most marvelous manifestation of the love of God to the
fallen race.

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I would warn my brethren and sisters to never flatter persons because of their ability; for they cannot
bear it. Self is easily exalted, and in consequence, persons lose their balance.

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I lift my voice of warning against praising or flattering your ministers. I have seen the evil, the dreadful
evil, of praising ministers. Never, never speak a word in the praise of ministers to their faces. Exalt God.

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All spiritual things are to be treated with sacred dignity. Humility and meekness are in accordance with
the life of Christ, but they are to be shown in a dignified way.

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Spiritual, Humility, Sacred save quote picture

A minister of Jesus Christ should not be regardless of his attitude. If he is the representative of Jesus
Christ, his deportment, his attitude, his gestures, should be of that character which will not strike the
beholder with disgust.

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The most important part of the daily ministration was the service performed in behalf of individuals. ...
By his own hand the animal was then slain, and the blood was carried by the priest into the holy place
and sprinkled before the veil, behind which was the ark containing the law that the sinner had
transgressed. By this ceremony the sin was, through the blood, transferred in figure to the sanctuary

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