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Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

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truth than you imagine, and they will hail with joy<br />

the divine message when it is presented to them.<br />

But there must be no duplicity, no crookedness,<br />

in the life of the worker. While error, even when<br />

held in sincerity, is dangerous to any<strong>on</strong>e,<br />

insincerity in the truth is fatal.<br />

Work With Enthusiasm and Ardor<br />

We are not to be idle spectators in the stirring<br />

scenes that will prepare the way of the Lord’s<br />

sec<strong>on</strong>d appearing. We must catch the enthusiasm<br />

and ardor of the Christian soldier. Every<strong>on</strong>e who is<br />

not for Christ is against Him. “He that gathereth<br />

not with Me scattereth abroad.” Matthew 12:30.<br />

Inactivity is registered in the books of heaven as<br />

oppositi<strong>on</strong> to Christ’s work, because it produces<br />

the same kind of fruit as positive hostility. God<br />

calls for active workers.<br />

The more clearly our eyes behold the<br />

attracti<strong>on</strong>s of the future world, the deeper will be<br />

our solicitude for the inhabitants of this world. We<br />

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