Last Day Events - Ellen G. White

They despise the straight testimony that reaches the
heart, and would rejoice to see everyone silenced
who gives reproof.—Testimonies for the Church
3:272 (1873).
The Lord calls for a renewal of the straight
testimony borne in years past. He calls for a
renewal of spiritual life. The spiritual energies of
His people have long been torpid, but there is to be
a resurrection from apparent death. By prayer and
confession of sin we must clear the King’s
highway.—Testimonies for the Church 8:297
(1904).
Unjust Criticism Causes Loss of Souls
Even in our day there have been and will
continue to be entire families who have once
rejoiced in the truth, but who will lose faith
because of calumnies and falsehoods brought to
them in regard to those whom they have loved and
with whom they have had sweet counsel. They
opened their hearts to the sowing of tares, the tares
sprang up among the wheat, they strengthened, the
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