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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 12, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 7.

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GOD WANTS US.

By Ellet Joseph Waggoner

Not long since we heard a preacher say, “God does not need the company of man, and can easily dispense with it.” Don’t believe it. “God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” He gave Himself for us, because He wanted us. His soul yearns for human companionship so much that He can not live without it. He saves us, not for our sakes, but for His own sake, He tells us more than once. What confidence this gives us in approaching Him. We do not come cowering, as culprits who hardly dare believe the words of pardon spoken by the Judge, but with boldness, as friends to a Friend who has been at infinite pains to secure our company.
E. J. Waggoner.