Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

with pitying tenderness. He understands all the
circumstances that have led them to fall under
temptation. This is a class that demands labor.
Poverty and Sin Abound
Nigh and afar off are souls, not only the youth
but those of all ages, who are in poverty and
distress, sunken in sin, and weighed down with a
sense of guilt. It is the work of God’s servants to
seek for these souls, to pray with them and for
them, and lead them step by step to the Saviour.
But those who do not recognize the claims of
God are not the only ones who are in distress and
in need of help. In the world today, where
selfishness, greed, and oppression rule, many of the
Lord’s true children are in need and affliction. In
lowly, miserable places, surrounded with poverty,
disease, and guilt, many are patiently bearing their
own burden of suffering, and trying to comfort the
hopeless and sin-stricken about them. Many of
them are almost unknown to the churches or to the
ministers; but they are the Lord’s lights, shining
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