Testimonies for the Church, Volume 9 - Ellen G. White

prompt decisions will be made. Those who have
been convicted under the presentation of the word
will range themselves under the blood-stained
banner of Prince Immanuel. They will see and
understand as never before they have missed many
opportunities for doing the good they ought to have
done. They will realize that they have not worked
as zealously as they should, to seek and save the
lost, to snatch them, as it were, out of the fire.
God's servants are to be "not slothful in
business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord."
Listlessness and inefficiency are not piety. When
we realize that we are working for God we shall
have a higher sense than we have ever had before
of the sacredness of spiritual service. This
realization will put life and vigilance and
persevering energy into the discharge of every
duty.
Religion, pure, undefiled religion, is intensely
practical. Nothing but earnest, wholehearted labor
will avail in the saving of souls. We are to make
our everyday duties acts of devotion, constantly
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