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Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students - Ellen G. White

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are moving upon the hearts <strong>and</strong> consciences of the<br />

people of other nations, <strong>and</strong> honest souls are<br />

troubled as they witness the signs of the times in<br />

the unsettled state of the nations. The inquiry arises<br />

in their hearts, What will be the end of all these<br />

things?<br />

But while God <strong>and</strong> angels are working <strong>to</strong><br />

impress hearts, the servants of Christ seem <strong>to</strong> be<br />

asleep. Few are working in unison with the<br />

heavenly messengers. All who are Christians<br />

should be workers in the vineyard of the Lord.<br />

They should be wide-awake, zealously laboring for<br />

the salvation of their fellow men, <strong>and</strong> should<br />

follow the example that the Saviour has given them<br />

in His life of self-denial, sacrifice, <strong>and</strong> earnest<br />

effort.<br />

God has honored us by making us the<br />

depositaries of His law, <strong>and</strong> if ministers <strong>and</strong> people<br />

were sufficiently aroused they would not rest in<br />

indifference. We have been entrusted with truths of<br />

vital importance which are <strong>to</strong> test the world, <strong>and</strong><br />

yet in our own country there are cities, villages,<br />

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