Testimony Treasures, vol. 2

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by  Ellen G. White

Testimony Treasures
Ellen G. White
1949
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Foreword
The nineteen-year period spanned by the counsels of this volume
was a time of expansion in the work of Seventh-day Adventists. In
earlier decades the foundations of doctrine were laid, the work of
the church organized, and beginnings made in such leading lines of
church endeavor as the publishing, medical, and educational. The
opportunities of foreign mission service were now beginning to open
before us.
The instruction given through this critical period to guide and
guard the church and edify its members speaks to our hearts today
as we are faced with similar opportunities, problems, and responsi-
bilities.
As in Book 1, the articles appear in their chronological order.
The date of first publication and the source reference is given as a
footnote at the opening of each chapter. While most of this material
has been selected from Testimonies for the Church, volumes 4, 5,
and 6, four chapters have been drawn from other E. G. White books
and periodical articles.
That these counsels in the hands of Seventh-day Adventists the
world around may lead to higher standards and more earnest service
is the fervent wish of the publishers and
The Trustees of the Ellen G. White Publications.
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Contents
Information about this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
The Day of the Lord at Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Take Heed to Yourselves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
A False Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
A Solemn Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
What the Church Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Envy and Criticism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Think Well of All Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Jealousy and Faultfinding Condemned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Criticize Self, Not Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Laborers for God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Men Like Caleb Needed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Prepare for the Day of Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Agents of Satan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
“Spiritual Wickedness in High Places” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
“Watch and Pray” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
“Death Before Dishonor” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Will a Man Rob God? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Remember the Poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Robbing the Lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Diligence in Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Duty to Labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Overburdened Wives and Mothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Shall We Consult Spiritualist Physicians? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Channels of Satan’s Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Trust God and Obey Nature’s Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Venture Not on Satan’s Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Looking Unto Jesus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Make Jesus Your Confidant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
The Seal of God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
God Reckons with Nations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
The Worst Sins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Upon Whom the Seal Is Placed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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Living Faith Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
An Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Choosing Proper Home Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Christian Unity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Steady Spiritual Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Paul Urges Unity and Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
God’s Standard Unchanged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
A Time for Heart Examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Lawsuits Between Brethren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
When Satan Takes Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Restore the Fallen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Christ Our Righteousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Merits of Christ Our Only Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Christian Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
No Limit to Improvement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Sever Earthly Affections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Times to Try Men’s Souls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Beware of Erroneous Teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Satan’s Subtle Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
“Praise Ye the Lord” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Prayer and Praise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Love Among Brethren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Christian Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Dealing with the Erring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Leave Results with God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Marriage With Unbelievers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
The Commands of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
As the Days of Noah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
The True Missionary Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Living Epistles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Go to Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
To Every Man’s Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Co-workers with Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Business and Religion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
The Home Where God Reigns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Qualifications for God’s Workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Constant Need of Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Christian Businessmen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
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Worldly-Mindedness a Snare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Responsibilities of the Physician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
To Recognize Relation of Sin to Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
The Strain of Medical Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Acquiring a Medical Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
The Coming Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
An Indication That the End Is Near. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
A Work to Be Done. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Persecution Makes Truth Prominent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
The Church the Light of the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Shall We Repeat Israel’s Experience? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Feeble by Choice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Am I My Brother’s Keeper?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
The Pledge to the Master’s Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
In The Power of True Godliness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
An Appeal to Laymen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Delay No Longer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Treasure in Heaven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
It Is Solemn to Live. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Joshua and the Angel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
“The Lord Rebuke Thee” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Satan the Accuser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
The Remnant Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
The Robe of Christ’s Righteousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Importance of the Sabbath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Partnership with Unbelievers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Attending School on the Sabbath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
The Proof of Loyalty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Scrupulous Sabbath Observance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Guarding the Interests of Brethren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
A Time to “Watch and Pray” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Our Day of Privilege. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Behavior in the House of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Before the Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
During the Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
After the Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Responsibility of Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Criticizing the Sermon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179